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Shloka 7

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent

सम्मोहयित्वा तमथ दुर्योधनममोचयन्‌ । आस्याद्‌ ग्रासमिवाक्षिप्तं ममृषे नार्जुनात्मज:

sammohayitvā tam atha duryodhanam amocayan | āsyād grāsam ivākṣiptaṁ mamṛṣe nārjunātmajaḥ ||

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເຂົາເຈົ້າໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ເຂົາມືດມົນສັບສົນກ່ອນ ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງປ່ອຍ ທຸຣໂຢທະນະ. ແຕ່ບຸດຂອງ ອະຣະຈຸນ ບໍ່ອາດອົດທົນໄດ້—ດັ່ງຄຳຂ້າວທີ່ຖືກຊິງອອກຈາກປາກ—ເມື່ອລາງວັນທີ່ເຂົາຍຶດໄດ້ ຖືກດຶງອອກຈາກມືຢ່າງກະທັນຫັນ. ຂະນະນັ້ນຊີ້ວ່າ ໃນໄຟສົງຄາມ ຄວາມອົດກັ້ນ ແລະ ເຈດຈຳນົງອັນຊອບທຳ ຖືກທົດສອບໂດຍຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກຊະນະແລະຄວາມຂັດໃຈ.

सम्मोहयित्वाhaving bewildered
सम्मोहयित्वा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+मुह्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), parasmaipada (usage), non-finite
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana
दुर्योधनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
अमोचयन्they released / set free
अमोचयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
Formलङ् (imperfect), parasmaipada, 3rd, plural, active
आस्यात्from the mouth
आस्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootआस्य
Formneuter, ablative, singular
ग्रासम्a morsel
ग्रासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootग्रास
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
इवas if / like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आक्षिप्तम्snatched away / seized
आक्षिप्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootआ+क्षिप्
Formक्त (past passive participle), masculine, accusative, singular
ममृषेendured / bore (it)
ममृषे:
TypeVerb
Rootमृष्
Formलिट् (perfect), ātmanepada, 3rd, singular, middle
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्जुनात्मजःArjuna's son (Abhimanyu)
अर्जुनात्मजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन-आत्मज
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Duryodhana
A
Arjuna
A
Arjuna’s son (Abhimanyu)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how quickly victory and anger can overtake judgment in war: even a righteous warrior’s resolve is tested when a hard-won advantage is suddenly lost. It points to the ethical demand for self-control amid battlefield passions.

After Duryodhana is confused or stunned, he is released by his opponents. Abhimanyu (Arjuna’s son) cannot bear this release, feeling as though a captured prize has been snatched away at the last moment.