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Shloka 166

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

धार्तराष्ट्रान्‌ प्रथक्ष्यन्ति तथा बाणा: किरीटिन: । “वीर! जैसे बड़ी-बड़ी लपटोंसे युक्त प्रज्वलित हुई आग वृक्षोंको जलाकर भस्म कर देती है, उसी प्रकार अर्जुनके बाण धुृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रों तथा उनके सैनिकोंको जला डालेंगे

sañjaya uvāca |

dhārtarāṣṭrān pradhakṣyanti tathā bāṇāḥ kirīṭinaḥ |

vīra! yathā mahā-mahā-lapṭaiḥ yuktaḥ prajvalito 'gnir vṛkṣān dagdhvā bhasma karoti, tathā arjunasya bāṇā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrān teṣāṃ ca sainikān pradahisyanti |

Sañjaya dit : «Ô héros ! De même qu’un brasier, nourri de grandes langues de flamme, brûle les arbres et les réduit en cendres, ainsi les flèches d’Arjuna, le porteur de diadème, brûleront et consumeront les fils de Dhritarashtra et leurs troupes.»

धार्तराष्ट्रान्the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
धार्तराष्ट्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधार्तराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रधक्ष्यन्तिwill burn up, will scorch
प्रधक्ष्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-धक्ष्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural
तथाthus, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
बाणाःarrows
बाणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
किरीटिनःof the diademed one (Arjuna)
किरीटिनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकिरीटिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
A
Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
D
Dhritarashtra
S
sons of Dhritarashtra (Kauravas)
A
arrows (bāṇāḥ)
F
fire (agni)
T
trees (vṛkṣāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses the fire-and-trees simile to convey the unstoppable force of a righteous warrior’s action in a dharma-yuddha: when conflict becomes unavoidable, adharma-aligned power is depicted as perishing before disciplined valor and divine-backed skill.

Sanjaya, describing the battlefield to Dhritarashtra, foretells that Arjuna (called Kirīṭin) will devastate the Kaurava forces; his arrows are compared to a blazing fire that burns trees to ash.