Shloka 34

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

तमब्रवीदश्रुपूर्ण: कृष्णसर्प इव श्वसन्‌

Transliteration

tam abravīd aśru-pūrṇaḥ kṛṣṇa-sarpa iva śvasan

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍດວງຕາເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍນ້ໍາຕາ ລາວໄດ້ເວົ້າ—ຫາຍໃຈຫນັກດັ່ງງູດໍາ—ຄວາມໂສກແລະຄວາມໂກດຮ້າຍຖືກບີບຮັດໃຫ້ກາຍເປັນຖ້ອຍຄໍາ ທ່າມກາງຄວາມພັງທະລາຍແຫ່ງທໍາມະໃນສົງຄາມ.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अश्रुपूर्णः: filled with tears
• अश्रुपूर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रुपूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णसर्पः: a black serpent
• कृष्णसर्पः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णसर्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• श्वसन्: breathing/hissing
• श्वसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्वस्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• अस्मिन्नर्थे ‘तम्’ (an unnamed ‘him’ in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how war distorts human conduct: grief and anger overwhelm restraint, and speech arises from agitation rather than dharmic clarity—an ethical warning conveyed through vivid imagery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a person addressing another while crying and breathing harshly, compared to a black serpent—signaling intense emotional turmoil (fearsome, heated, and unstable) at this point in the Drona Parva events.