Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.175.2 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 175, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

प्रतिविव्याध त॑ तूर्ण धृष्टद्युम्नोडपि मारिष | दशभि: सायकै्शष्टस्तिष्ठ तिछेति चाब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

prativivyādha taṁ tūṛṇaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi māriṣa | daśabhiḥ sāyakaiḥ śastraḥ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「尊き御方よ、そのときドリシュタデュムナもまた素早く応じ、十本の矢でカルナを傷つけて、『踏みとどまれ—踏みとどまれ！』と叫んだ。」

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Word by Word

• प्रतिविव्याध: pierced in return / struck back
• प्रतिविव्याध: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-व्यध् (धातु: व्यध्) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• तूर्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• मारिष: O venerable one / sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun (Numeral)
• Root: दश
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• शस्तः: wounded / struck
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस् (धातु) → शस्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तिष्ठ: stand! / stay!
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, singular, Parasmaipada

• तिष्ठ: stand! / stay! (repeated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु: ब्रू)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Karna
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects the battlefield code of kshatriya-dharma: courage, direct engagement, and answering an opponent’s aggression without deceit. Ethically, it highlights the ideal of standing one’s ground and meeting conflict openly, even amid intense retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Drona Parva battle sequence, Dhrishtadyumna immediately retaliates against Karna by striking him with ten arrows. After wounding him, he challenges Karna with the repeated command “Stand, stand!”, urging him to face the fight rather than withdraw.