Shloka 143

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

Devanagari script

रणमध्यादपोवाह सौभद्रशरपीडितम्‌ | तब अभिमन्युके बाणोंसे पीड़ित एवं अचेत हुए दुःशासनको सारथि बड़ी उतावलीके साथ युद्धस्थलसे बाहर हटा ले गया

Transliteration

raṇamadhyād apovāha saubhadra-śara-pīḍitam | tadābhimanyu-ke bāṇaiḥ pīḍitam acetanaṁ duḥśāsanaṁ sārathiḥ baḍī utāvalī-ke sātha yuddhasthalāt bahiḥ haṭā le gayā |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ຈາກກາງສະໜາມຮົບແທ້ໆ ສາລະຖີໄດ້ຮີບຮ້ອນພາດຸຫສາສະນະອອກໄປ. ດຸຫສາສະນະຖືກທໍລະມານໂດຍລູກສອນຂອງສາວພັດຣະ (ອະພິມັນຍຸ) ແລະເສຍສະຕິ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນຜູ້ຂັບລົດຂອງລາວຈຶ່ງຖອນລາວອອກຈາກສະໜາມຮົບດ້ວຍຄວາມຮ້ອນໃຈແລະຄວາມຮີບຮ້ອນ.

Word by Word

रणin battle

मध्यात्from the middle

अपोवाहcarried away / removed

सौभद्रof Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)

शरby arrows

पीडितम्afflicted / tormented

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Abhimanyu (Saubhadra)

Duḥśāsana

Charioteer (sārathi)

Battlefield (raṇa/yuddhasthala)

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?

Even amid relentless warfare, conduct is shaped by immediate duty: when a warrior is rendered unconscious, the practical and ethical response is to remove him from danger. The verse highlights the charioteer’s responsibility to preserve life and withdraw an incapacitated combatant rather than pursue reckless continuation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Abhimanyu (Saubhadra) strikes Duḥśāsana with arrows so severely that Duḥśāsana becomes senseless. Seeing this, Duḥśāsana’s charioteer quickly drives him out from the midst of the battle to safety.