Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तमिषुं संहतं तेन भारद्वाज: प्रतापवान्‌ | दृष्टवामन्यत देहस्य कालपर्यायमागतम्‌,द्रुपदपुत्रके द्वारा उस बाणको धनुषपर रखा गया देख प्रतापी द्रोणने भी यह मान लिया कि “अब इस शरीरका काल आ गया”

Transliteration

tam iṣuṁ saṁhataṁ tena bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān | dṛṣṭvā manyata dehasya kālaparyāyam āgatam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing that arrow, firmly set by him (the son of Drupada), the valiant Bhāradvāja (Droṇa) concluded that the destined turn of time for his body had arrived—recognizing in that act the approach of death amid the righteous yet terrible course of war.

Word by Word

• तमिषुम्: that arrow
• तमिषुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमिषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संहतम्: fitted/placed (together), set (on the bow)
• संहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हन् (धातु) / संहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भारद्वाजः: Bharadvāja’s son (Droṇa)
• भारद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) / दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: Gerund (ktvā)

• अमन्यत: thought, considered
• अमन्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देहस्य: of the body
• देहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कालपर्यायम्: the turn/appointed time of death
• कालपर्यायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालपर्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगतम्: arrived, come
• आगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) / आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Bhāradvāja)
• Dṛṣṭadyumna (Drupadaputra)
• arrow
• bow

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring insight that in war—even when fought under dharma—time (kāla) governs embodied life. A great warrior like Droṇa recognizes mortality and the inevitability of destiny’s ‘turn’ (paryāya), underscoring humility before kāla and the grave ethical weight of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Droṇa sees the son of Drupada (Dṛṣṭadyumna) set an arrow firmly on the bow. Interpreting this as a decisive, death-bringing moment, Droṇa concludes that the time appointed for his body has come—foreshadowing his imminent end in the conflict.