Shloka 253

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अविध्यत रणे राजन्‌ शरैराशीविषोपमै: । राजन्‌! इसी समय दुर्योधनने रणक्षेत्रमें विषधर सर्पके समान भयंकर नौ-नौ बाणोंसे श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

avidyhat raṇe rājan śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, in the thick of battle he struck with arrows like venomous serpents—at that very moment Duryodhana, on the battlefield, wounded Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna with nine and nine dreadful shafts. The verse underscores how war magnifies wrath and skill into instruments of harm, testing restraint and righteousness amid chaos.

Word by Word

• अविध्यत्: struck, pierced
• अविध्यत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, परस्मैपद

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आशीविषोपमैः: like venomous serpents
• आशीविषोपमैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविषोपम (आशीविष + उपम)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• battlefield (raṇa)