Shloka 10

Kṛṣṇopadeśa and Duryodhana’s Challenge

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 77

Devanagari script

द्रशसि श्वो महेष्वासान्‌ नाराचैस्तिग्मतेजितै: । शृज्भराणीव गिरेव॑जैर्दार्यमाणान्‌ मया युधि,जैसे इन्द्र अपने वद्धद्वारा पर्वतोंके शिखरोंको विदीर्ण कर देते हैं, उसी प्रकार कल युद्धमें मैं अच्छी तरह तेज किये हुए नाराचोंद्वारा बड़े-बड़े धनुर्धरोंको चीर डालूँगा; यह आप देखेंगे

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | drakṣyasi śvo maheṣvāsān nārācais tigmatajitaiḥ | śṛṅgāṇīvādrijeṣṭhair dāryamāṇān mayā yudhi ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Tomorrow you will see, in the midst of battle, great bowmen being cleft by me with razor-sharp nārāca arrows—just as Indra, with his thunderbolt, splits the mountain-peaks. This will be a visible proof of my resolve and martial duty in war.”

Word by Word

द्रक्ष्यसिyou will see

श्वःtomorrow

महेष्वासान्great bowmen

नाराचैःwith iron arrows (narācas)

तिग्मतेजितैःsharp and blazing

शृङ्गभ्राणीवlike a peak-splitting (thing)

गिरेःof a mountain

वज्रैःwith thunderbolts

दार्यमाणान्being torn/split

मयाby me

युधिin battle

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Indra

nārāca (arrow)

vajra (thunderbolt)

mountain peaks

great bowmen (maheṣvāsa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes