Shloka 34
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः
Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle
Devanagari script
तमब्रवीदश्रुपूर्ण: कृष्णसर्प इव श्वसन्
Transliteration
tam abravīd aśru-pūrṇaḥ kṛṣṇa-sarpa iva śvasan
Translation
サञ्जयは言った。涙に満ちた眼で彼は語った—黒き蛇のように荒く息をつき—戦のもたらす法（ダルマ）の崩壊のただ中で、悲嘆と憤怒が言葉となって締めつけられた。
Word by Word
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अश्रुपूर्णःfilled with tears
अश्रुपूर्णः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्रुपूर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृष्णसर्पःa black serpent
कृष्णसर्पः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्णसर्प
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
श्वसन्breathing/hissing
श्वसन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootश्वस्
FormPresent active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)अ
अस्मिन्नर्थे ‘तम्’ (an unnamed ‘him’ in context)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war distorts human conduct: grief and anger overwhelm restraint, and speech arises from agitation rather than dharmic clarity—an ethical warning conveyed through vivid imagery.
Sañjaya describes a person addressing another while crying and breathing harshly, compared to a black serpent—signaling intense emotional turmoil (fearsome, heated, and unstable) at this point in the Drona Parva events.