Shloka 41

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

धावतां द्रवतां चैव पुनरावर्ततामपि

Transliteration

dhāvatāṁ dravatāṁ caiva punarāvartatām api

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「（彼らは）駆け、逃れ、さらには再び引き返す姿さえ見えた。」

Word by Word

• धावताम्: of (those) running
• धावताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• द्रवताम्: of (those) fleeing/rushing
• द्रवताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुनः: again/back
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आवर्तताम्: of (those) turning back/returning
• आवर्तताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आवर्त्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the instability of human resolve under extreme pressure: in war, people surge forward, panic and flee, and then may return again—showing how fear, duty, and momentum contend within the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing rapid, confused movements on the battlefield—some warriors charge, some retreat in fear, and some reverse course and come back—capturing the shifting tide of combat.