Mahabharata 7.102.6 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 102, Shloka 6

धर्मराजस्य चिन्ता, भीमसेनप्रेषणम्, द्रोणानीकप्रवेशप्रयत्नः

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Anxiety and the Dispatch of Bhīma; Attempted Breakthrough into Droṇa’s Formation

Devanagari script

व्यसृजन्त शरौघांस्ते पाण्डवं प्रति पार्थिवा: । न चाव्यथत धर्मात्मा वासवि: परवीरहा

Transliteration

vyasṛjanta śaraughāṁs te pāṇḍavaṁ prati pārthivāḥ | na cāvyathata dharmātmā vāsaviḥ paravīrahā ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Aquellos reyes desataron torrentes de flechas contra el Pāṇḍava. Sin embargo, el héroe de alma justa—hijo de Indra, matador de campeones enemigos—no vaciló ni flaqueó, y se mantuvo firme en medio del asalto.

Word by Word

• व्यसृजन्त: they discharged/shot forth
• व्यसृजन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शरौघान्: masses/volleys of arrows
• शरौघान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरौघ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/against
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• पार्थिवाः: kings
• पार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अव्यथत: was not pained/was not shaken
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अथ्/व्यथ्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मात्मा: the righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासविः: son of Vasava (Indra) (i.e., Arjuna)
• वासविः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासवि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परवीरहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• pārthivāḥ (kings)
• Vāsava (Indra)
• śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid overwhelming violence, the dharmic warrior is marked by inner steadiness—courage rooted in duty and self-mastery rather than rage or panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group of kings unleash a heavy barrage of arrows at the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna), but he remains unshaken, described as righteous and as Indra’s son who defeats enemy champions.