Shloka 27

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

तदा हतासु मायासु त्रस्तो$र्जुनशराहत:

Transliteration

tadā hatāsu māyāsu trasto’rjunaśarāhataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: When those deceptive stratagems had been destroyed, he—struck by Arjuna’s arrows—became frightened. The verse underscores how, in the heat of war, reliance on illusion and trickery collapses before steadfast skill and righteous resolve, leaving the aggressor shaken when confronted by direct, effective force.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: true

• हतासु: when (they) were slain
• हतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हता
• Form: feminine, locative, plural

• मायासु: in/among the illusions
• मायासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: feminine, locative, plural

• त्रस्तः: frightened
• त्रस्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अर्जुन-शर-आहतः: struck by Arjuna's arrows
• अर्जुन-शर-आहतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• arrows (śara)
• māyā (deceptive stratagems/illusions)