Mahabharata 7.27.25 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 27, Shloka 25

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय २७: सुशर्माह्वानम्, अर्जुनस्य प्रतिनिवर्तनम्, भगदत्तेन गजप्रहारः

Devanagari script

बालादित्याम्बुजेन्दूनां तुल्यरूपाणि मारिष । संच्छिन्नान्यर्जुनशरै: शिरांस्युर्व्या प्रपेदिरे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bālādityāmbujendūnāṃ tulyarūpāṇi māriṣa |

saṃchinnāny arjunaśaraiḥ śirāṃsy urvyāṃ prapedire ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「おお尊き方よ。若き太陽、蓮華、そして月にも似て美しかった戦士たちの首は、アルジュナの矢に断たれ、大地へと落ちた。」

Word by Word

• बालादित्याम्बुजेन्दूनाम्: of the young sun, lotus, and moon
• बालादित्याम्बुजेन्दूनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालादित्य + अम्बुज + इन्दु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तुल्यरूपाणि: having similar beauty/form
• तुल्यरूपाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्यरूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मारिष: O venerable one
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संच्छिन्नानि: cut off, severed
• संच्छिन्नानि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + छिद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अर्जुनशरैः: by Arjuna's arrows
• अर्जुनशरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन + शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• उर्व्याम्: on the earth
• उर्व्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रपेदिरे: fell down, reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• आर्य: O noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• arrows (śara)
• earth (urvī)
• young sun (bālāditya)
• lotus (ambuja)
• moon (indu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the harsh moral atmosphere of war: beauty, youth, and dignity do not protect anyone from death. It invites reflection on impermanence and the grave cost of pursuing aims through armed conflict, even when framed within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Arjuna’s devastating archery: the heads of opposing warriors, once handsome and radiant, are cut off by Arjuna’s arrows and drop to the ground, emphasizing the intensity of the fighting in Droṇa Parva.