Mahabharata 7.111.133 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 111, Shloka 133

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

मारुतिं पञ्चविंशत्या भैमसेनिं च पठ्चभि: । उसने इन्द्रके वज्ञकी भाँति घोर टंकार करनेवाले अपने भयंकर धनुषको तानकर भीमसेनको पचीस और उनके पुत्र घटोत्कचको पाँच बाण मारे

Transliteration

mārutiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā bhaimaseniṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | asau indrasya vajrasya bhānti ghora-ṭaṅkāra-karaṃ svakaṃ bhayaṅkaraṃ dhanuḥ tānayetvā bhīmasenaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā ghaṭotkacaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ vivyādha |

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: Tensando su terrible arco, cuyo bramido era espantoso como el rayo de Indra, hirió a Bhīmasena con veinticinco flechas y a Ghaṭotkaca, hijo de Bhīma, con cinco.

Word by Word

• मारुतिम्: Hanumān (son of Marut)
• मारुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चविंशत्या: with twenty-five (arrows)
• पञ्चविंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भैमसेनिम्: Bhīmasena
• भैमसेनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैमसेनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Indra
• Vajra (Indra’s thunderbolt)
• Bow (dhanuḥ)
• Arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights martial excellence and deliberate action in battle—force is applied with precision (counted arrows), yet the ethical tension remains: skill in violence does not erase the sorrow and moral gravity of war among kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior, after drawing his terrifying, loudly twanging bow (likened to Indra’s thunderbolt), shoots Bhīma with twenty-five arrows and then shoots Bhīma’s son Ghaṭotkaca with five arrows.