Shloka 45

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

ततः सज्जो महाराज द्रौणिराहवदुर्मद: । अर्जुनं योधयामास संशप्तकवृतो रणे,महाराज! फिर युद्धसज्जासे सुसज्जित हो रणभूमिमें संशप्तकोंसे घिरा हुआ रणदुर्मद द्रोणकुमार अर्जुनके साथ युद्ध करने लगा

Transliteration

tataḥ sajjo mahārāja drauṇir āhavadurmadāḥ | arjunaṃ yodhayāmāsa saṃśaptakavṛto raṇe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O King, Drauṇi—proud and maddened by the fury of battle—took his stand for combat. Ringed about on the field by the Saṃśaptakas, he engaged Arjuna in a fierce duel, sharpening the war’s moral and strategic strain, where vows, loyalty, and wrath drive warriors into relentless confrontation.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सज्जःready, prepared

महाराजO great king

द्रौणिःDrauni (son of Droṇa, i.e., Aśvatthāman)

आहव-दुर्मदःfierce/proud in battle

अर्जुनम्Arjuna

योधयामासmade (him) fight; fought (with)

संशप्तक-वृतःsurrounded by the Saṁśaptakas

रणेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)

Droṇa

Arjuna

Saṃśaptakas

battlefield (raṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes