Mahabharata 7.116.77 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 77

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

अथैनं पञ्चभिर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे । भीमो भीमबलो राजंस्तव दुर्मन्त्रितेन च,राजन्‌! आपकी ही कुमन्त्रणासे वहाँ भयंकर बलशाली भीमसेनने कृतवर्माकी छातीमें पाँच बाण मारे

Transliteration

athainaṁ pañcabhir bāṇair ājaghāna stanāntare | bhīmo bhīmabalo rājan tava durmantritena ca ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Luego Bhīma—terrible en su fuerza—lo hirió en el pecho con cinco flechas. Oh rey, esto también ha sucedido por tu propio mal consejo.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आजघान: struck/smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्तनान्तरे: in the chest/breast-region
• स्तनान्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन-अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमबलः: of terrible strength
• भीमबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम-बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• दुर्मन्त्रितेन: by (your) ill-counsel
• दुर्मन्त्रितेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्-मन्त्रित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• arrows
• chest (stanāntara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral causality in leadership: misguided counsel (durmantra) given by a ruler or accepted by him can precipitate violence and suffering, making the king ethically implicated in outcomes on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, renowned for formidable strength, shoots an opponent in the chest with five arrows, and he pointedly remarks that such events unfold due to the king’s own poor decisions and advice.