Mahabharata 7.103.28 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 103, Shloka 28

भीमसेन-द्रोण-संग्रामः

Bhīmasena and Droṇa: Containment, Advance, and Recognition

Devanagari script

बाहुभ्यामिव संतीर्णो सिन्धुषष्ठा: समुद्रगा: । तपान्ते सरितः पूर्णा महाग्राहसमाकुला:

Transliteration

bāhubhyām iva saṃtīrṇo sindhuṣaṣṭhāḥ samudragāḥ | tapānte saritaḥ pūrṇā mahāgrāhasamākulāḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ມັນເຫັນຄືວ່າ ດ້ວຍພະລັງແຂນຂອງຕົນເອງ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ວ່າຍຂ້າມແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ໄຫຼລົງສູ່ທະເລ—ຫ້າສາຍພ້ອມກັບສິນທຸເປັນສາຍທີຫົກ—ແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ພອງເຕັມຫຼັງລະດູຮ້ອນ ແລະແອອັດດ້ວຍຈະລະເຂ້ໃຫຍ່.

Word by Word

• बाहुभ्याम्: by (their) two arms
• बाहुभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संतीर्णः: crossed over / traversed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-तॄ (तॄ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सिन्धु-षष्ठाः: having the Sindhu as the sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिन्धु-षष्ठ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• समुद्र-गाः: ocean-going (flowing to the sea)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्रग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तपान्ते: they burn / blaze (with heat)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पूर्णाः: full
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• महा-ग्राह-समाकुलाः: crowded with great crocodiles
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाग्राहसमाकुल
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sindhu (Indus) river
• Samudra (ocean/sea)
• Grāha (crocodiles/alligators)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast resolve and extraordinary capability in the pursuit of one’s chosen duty amid war: obstacles that seem fearsome—like swollen, crocodile-filled rivers—are portrayed as surmountable when courage, skill, and higher purpose (here associated with Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna) are present.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes, through a vivid simile, how it seemed as though Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna had crossed formidable, sea-bound rivers swollen at summer’s end and teeming with crocodiles—emphasizing the intensity of the moment and their exceptional prowess.