Mahabharata 7.114.403 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 114, Shloka 403

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

न विमोक्ष्यन्ति कौन्तेय यद्यपि स्युर्मनोजवा: । “कुन्तीनन्दन! वे सब लोग आज मेरे नाराचोंके लक्ष्य बने हुए हैं। वे मनके समान वेगशाली हों तो भी मेरे हाथोंसे छूट नहीं सकेंगे

Transliteration

na vimokṣyanti kaunteya yadyapi syur manojavāḥ |

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «¡Oh hijo de Kuntī!, no escaparán, aunque sean veloces como la mente. Hoy se han convertido en el blanco de mis flechas agudas; ninguno se deslizará fuera de mi alcance.»

Word by Word

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

• विमोक्ष्यन्ति: will escape / will get free
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (विमुच्)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, 3, plural

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• कौन्तेय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• स्युः: should be / might be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, 3, plural

• मनोजवाः: swift as the mind
• मनोजवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the warrior’s confidence and the grim determinism of battle: even extraordinary speed or skill cannot guarantee safety once one is firmly targeted. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between human prowess and the inescapability of consequences in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a combatant’s declaration to a ‘Kaunteya’ that the opponents, now marked as targets, will not be able to escape even if they are as swift as thought—underscoring the intensity of the ongoing fighting in Droṇa Parva.