Mahabharata 7.111.23 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 111, Shloka 23

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पाण्डवा राजन्‌ समन्तान्निशितान्‌ शरान्‌

Transliteration

tataste pāṇḍavā rājan samantān niśitān śarān

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યો—પછી, હે રાજન, પાંડવોએ ચારે તરફથી તીક્ષ્ણ, ધારદાર બાણો છોડ્યા.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्

• समन्तात्: from all sides/on all sides
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्
• Form: अव्यय

• निशितान्: sharpened/keen
• निशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the relentless momentum of war: once battle is joined, disciplined warriors act decisively. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension between kṣatriya-duty in combat and the grave human cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍavas, positioned around their opponents, unleash a volley of sharp arrows from every direction, intensifying the engagement.