Shloka 35

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

आचार्यो हि भृशं राजन्‌ निग्रहे तव गृध्यति

Transliteration

ācāryo hi bhṛśaṃ rājan nigrahe tava gṛdhyati

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Raja, Sang Guru sangat bernafsu mengekangmu; ia hendak menahan langkahmu dan menarikmu kembali dari apa yang dipandangnya berbahaya atau tak patut.”

Word by Word

• आचार्यः: the teacher (Drona)
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भृशम्: excessively/very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

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

• निग्रहे: in restraint/control (in checking)
• निग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• गृध्यति: desires/longs for
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृध्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by address rājan)
• Ācārya (Droṇa, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical role of a preceptor: true guidance may take the form of restraint (nigraha), curbing a ruler’s impulses for the sake of right conduct and long-term welfare rather than flattering immediate desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the blind king that the Ācārya is strongly intent on checking the king’s side—signaling a moment where the preceptor’s authority and strategic-moral discipline are being asserted amid the pressures of the war.