Shloka 7

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

दीर्घबाहुरभिक्रुद्धस्तोत्रार्दित इव द्विप: । द्रोणं पजचाशताविषध्यन्नाराचैरग्निसंनिभै:

Transliteration

dīrghabāhur abhikruddhas totrārdita iva dvipaḥ | droṇaṃ pañcāśatā viṣadhyann ārācair agnisaṃnibhaiḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「長き腕を持ち、怒りに燃える彼は、鉤棒に責められる象のようであった。彼は火のごとき五十本の返し矢でドローナを攻め立てた。」

Word by Word

• दीर्घबाहुः: the long-armed one (Arjuna)
• दीर्घबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिक्रुद्धः: highly enraged
• अभिक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तोत्रार्दितः: tormented by praise/chanting (as if by a hymn)
• स्तोत्रार्दितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तोत्र + अर्दित (अर्द्/अर्दय्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• द्विपः: an elephant
• द्विपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चाशत: fifty
• पञ्चाशत: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अविषध्यन्: he struck/pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-षध् (वि + षध्)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अग्निसंनिभैः: resembling fire
• अग्निसंनिभैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि + संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• ārāca (arrows)
• totra (elephant-goad)
• dvipa (elephant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger can drive even a mighty warrior into relentless violence; the ethical tension lies in maintaining dharma and self-control amid the heat of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a long-armed warrior, furious like an elephant prodded by a goad, striking Droṇa with fifty fire-like, barbed arrows.