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Shloka 393

द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā

Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata

अभ्यद्रवद्‌ भीमसेनं व्यासक्तं विकिरन्‌ शरै: । ऐसा आदेश मिलनेपर आपके पुत्र दुर्योधनसे “बहुत अच्छा” कहकर आपके दूसरे पुत्र दुर्जयने युद्धमें आसक्त हुए भीमसेनपर बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए आक्रमण किया

abhyadravad bhīmasenaṃ vyāsaktaṃ vikirān śaraiḥ |

サンジャヤは言った。するとドゥルジャヤは、戦いに没入していたビーマセーナへ突進し、矢の雨を浴びせた。戦場の道徳的空気の中でこの場面は、統率者の命令への服従と自陣への忠誠が暴力をいっそう激化させうることを示す。しかも、ダルマ(法)の大いなる問いは、なお戦場で争われたままである。

अभ्यद्रवत्rushed/ran towards
अभ्यद्रवत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√द्रु (द्रवति)
Formलङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular
भीमसेनम्Bhimasena
भीमसेनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
व्यासक्तम्engaged/intent (in battle)
व्यासक्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-आसक्त (आसक्त)
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
विकिरन्scattering/showering
विकिरन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√कॄ (किरति)
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
D
Durjaya
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how, in war, loyalty and compliance with orders can drive immediate action—an ethical tension in the Mahābhārata where personal valor and duty to one’s faction often collide with broader considerations of dharma and the human cost of violence.

Sañjaya reports that Durjaya charges at Bhīma, who is already intensely engaged in combat, and attacks by raining arrows upon him—an episode within the Drona Parva’s escalating battlefield encounters.