Shloka 111

Devanagari script

ते तु द्रौणिविनिर्मुक्ता: शरा हेमविभूषिता: । अजस्रमन्वकीर्यन्त घोरा भीमरथं प्रति,अश्वत्थामाके छोड़े हुए सुवर्णभूषित भयंकर बाण भीमसेनके रथपर लगातार गिरने लगे

Transliteration

te tu drauṇivinirmuktāḥ śarā hemavibhūṣitāḥ | ajasram anvakīryanta ghorā bhīmarathaṃ prati ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ລູກສອນອັນນ່າຢ້ານເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ—ທີ່ ດຣໍນິ (ອັສວັດຖາມາ) ປ່ອຍອອກ ແລະປະດັບດ້ວຍຄຳ—ໄດ້ຕົກລົງໃສ່ລົດຮົບຂອງ ພີມະ ຢ່າງບໍ່ຂາດສາຍ. ພາບນີ້ຊູມໃຫ້ເຫັນການທະວີຄວາມຮຸນແຮງໃນສົງຄາມຢ່າງບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ—ເມື່ອຝີມື ແລະຄວາມຫຼູຫລາ (ການປະດັບຄຳ) ກັບກາຍເປັນຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້ແກ່ຈຸດປະສົງອັນມືດມົນຂອງການທຳລາຍ ບໍ່ແມ່ນເພື່ອຄວາມຊອບທຳໃດໆ.

Word by Word

तेthose

तुbut/indeed

द्रौणि-विनिर्मुक्ताःreleased by Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)

शराःarrows

हेम-विभूषिताःadorned with gold

अजस्रम्unceasingly

अन्वकीर्यन्तwere being showered/scattered

घोराःterrible

भीम-रथम्Bhīma's chariot

प्रतिtowards/against

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇi (Aśvatthāmā)

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Bhīma’s chariot

arrows (śarāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare can become relentlessly self-perpetuating: even refined skill and outward splendor (gold-adorned arrows) are harnessed for harm. Ethically, it points to the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between kṣatriya valor and the tragic cost of unchecked escalation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā (called Droṇi) is continuously releasing terrifying, gold-ornamented arrows, which fall in an unbroken shower upon Bhīma’s chariot—depicting an intense phase of direct combat.