Shloka 5

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)

Devanagari script

ततो<हं नाधिगच्छामि तथा बहुविधं तदा । संहारमप्रमेयस्य ततो मां मन्युराविशत्‌,मैंने अनेक प्रकारसे इस अनन्त जगत्‌के संहारके उपायपर विचार किया, परंतु मुझे कोई उपाय सूझ न पड़ा। इसीलिये मुझमें क्रोधका आवेश हो गया

Transliteration

tato 'haṃ nādhigacchāmi tathā bahuvidhaṃ tadā | saṃhāram aprameyasya tato māṃ manyur āviśat ||

Translation

Then I could not discover any means—though I reflected in many ways—by which the immeasurable, endless world might be brought to dissolution. Failing to find a remedy, anger seized me.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

अहम्I

नnot

अधिगच्छामिI find/attain/understand

तथाthus/in that manner

बहुविधम्many kinds (of)

तदाat that time

संहारम्destruction/annihilation

अप्रमेयस्यof the immeasurable/limitless

ततःtherefore/from that

माम्me

मन्युःanger/wrath

आविशत्entered/seized

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When one confronts an overwhelming problem and cannot find a solution, frustration can quickly turn into anger; the verse highlights this inner moral danger and implicitly points to the need for restraint and clearer discernment before acting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes his attempt to think through many possible ways to bring about the dissolution of an immeasurable, seemingly endless world; unable to find any effective means, he admits that anger arose within him.