Shloka 193

Devanagari script

धृष्टद्युम्नस्तव सुतं वारयामास सायकै: । महारथी शूरवीर माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेवको लाँघकर धृष्टद्युम्नने अपने बाणोंकी मारसे आपके पुत्रको रोक दिया

Transliteration

dhṛṣṭadyumnas tava sutaṃ vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ | mahārathī śūravīra mādṛkumārau nakula-sahadevau laṅghayitvā dhṛṣṭadyumnena svabāṇaprahāraiḥ tava putro nivāritaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Dṛṣṭadyumna, after outstripping the Mādrī-born brothers Nakula and Sahadeva—both great chariot-warriors and valiant heroes—checked your son with an unrelenting shower of arrows.

Word by Word

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सुतम्: son
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वारयामास: restrained / checked
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (णिच्) / वṛ (causative sense: to restrain)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dṛṣṭadyumna
• tava suta (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son; unspecified in the verse)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Mādrī
• arrows (sāyaka/bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, action is expected to be controlled and purposeful: a warrior-leader restrains an opponent through skill and measured force, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma as disciplined conduct rather than uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dṛṣṭadyumna, after pushing past Nakula and Sahadeva, halts Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son by striking him with a concentrated volley of arrows, stopping his advance on the battlefield.