Shloka 49

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

नानाशस्त्रसमावायैर्विविधायुधयोधिभि: । “आज मैं विषधर सर्पके समान क्रूर स्वभाववाले उन काम्बोज-सैनिकोंके साथ युद्ध करूँगा, जो नाना प्रकारके शस्त्रसमुदायोंसे सम्पन्न और भाँति- भाँतिके आयुधोंद्वारा युद्ध करनेमें कुशल हैं ।। ४८ ई ।। किरातैश्न समेष्यामि विषकल्पै: प्रहारिभि:

Transliteration

nānāśastrasamāvāyair vividhāyudhayodhibhiḥ | kirātaiś ca sameṣyāmi viṣakalpaiḥ prahāribhiḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。「我はあのキラータらと戦う——多様な武器を備え、さまざまな戦い方に通じた戦士たちで、その一撃は毒のごとし。」

Word by Word

नानाvarious, many kinds of

शस्त्रwith weapons

समावायैःwith collections/assemblages

विविधvarious

आयुधwith weapons/arms

योधिभिःwith fighters/warriors

किरातैःwith Kirātas

चand

समेष्यामिI shall meet/engage (in battle)

विषकल्पैःwith poison-like (deadly) ones

प्रहारिभिःwith strikers/assailants

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kirātas

weapons (śastra/āyudha)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral and psychological intensity of war: opponents are portrayed as lethally dangerous (“poison-like”), emphasizing the peril and the hardening of resolve required in a kṣatriya conflict, while implicitly pointing to the ethical unease of escalating violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s battlefield narration, a combatant declares readiness to engage fierce Kirāta warriors, described as well-armed and highly skilled, whose attacks are as deadly as poison.