Shloka 7

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

दीर्घबाहुरभिक्रुद्धस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विप: । द्रोणं पजचाशताविषध्यन्नाराचैरग्निसंनिभै:

Transliteration

dīrghabāhur abhikruddhas totrārdita iva dvipaḥ | droṇaṃ pañcāśatā viṣadhyann ārācair agnisaṃnibhaiḥ ||

Translation

संजय बोले—दीर्घबाहु सात्यकि क्रोध से प्रज्वलित होकर अंकुश से पीड़ित गजराज के समान हो गया और अग्नि के समान तेजस्वी पचास नाराचों से उसने द्रोणाचार्य पर प्रहार किया।

Word by Word

दीर्घबाहुःthe long-armed one (Arjuna)

अभिक्रुद्धःhighly enraged

स्तोत्रार्दितःtormented by praise/chanting (as if by a hymn)

इवas if, like

द्विपःan elephant

द्रोणम्Drona

पञ्चाशतfifty

अविषध्यन्he struck/pierced

नाराचैःwith iron arrows

अग्निसंनिभैःresembling fire

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

ārāca (arrows)

totra (elephant-goad)

dvipa (elephant)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can drive even a mighty warrior into relentless violence; the ethical tension lies in maintaining dharma and self-control amid the heat of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a long-armed warrior, furious like an elephant prodded by a goad, striking Droṇa with fifty fire-like, barbed arrows.