Shloka 31

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

स तथा पीड्यमानस्तु राधेयेनास्त्रवृष्टिभि:

Transliteration

sa tathā pīḍyamānas tu rādheyena astravṛṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

サञ्जयは語った。かくして、ラーデーヤの武器の雨に激しく圧されながらも、彼はその猛攻を耐え抜いた—戦の狂瀾の中では、堅き者とて絶え間なき力に試され、暴力には狼狽ではなく、決意と規律をもって対さねばならぬことを示すのである。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पीड्यमानः: being afflicted/pressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राधेयेन: by Rādheya (Karna)
• राधेयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अस्त्रवृष्टिभिः: by showers of weapons
• अस्त्रवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rādheya (Karna)
• astravṛṣṭi (shower of weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights endurance under extreme pressure: in war and crisis, steadiness and disciplined response are portrayed as essential virtues, aligning with the ideal of kṣatriya composure amid danger.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the unnamed warrior being discussed is heavily assailed—‘pressed’—by Karna (Rādheya), who is raining down a continuous barrage of weapons.