Shloka 15

द्रोण–धृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धवर्णनम्

Drona–Dhrishtadyumna Battle Description

Devanagari script

रुधिरस्य परीवाहै: पूरयित्वा सरांसि च | सर्वनिष्टादश द्वीपान्‌ वशमानीय भार्गव:

Transliteration

rudhirasya parīvāhaiḥ pūrayitvā sarāṃsi ca | sarvaniṣṭādaśa dvīpān vaśam ānīya bhārgavaḥ ||

Translation

ນາຣະດະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດ້ວຍກະແສແລະທາງໄຫຼຂອງເລືອດ ພຣະອົງໄດ້ເຕີມທະເລສາບໃຫ້ເຕັມ; ແລະເມື່ອນຳເອົາສິບແປດດວີປທັງປວງມາຢູ່ໃນອຳນາດແລ້ວ, ພຣະພາຣຄະວະ (ພຣະປະຣະສຸຣາມ) ໄດ້ສະຖາປະນາອຳນາດປົກຄອງຂອງພຣະອົງ.»

Word by Word

• रुधिरस्य: of blood
• रुधिरस्य: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परीवाहैः: with streams/flows
• परीवाहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परीवाह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पूरयित्वा: having filled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• सरांसि: lakes/ponds
• सरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्व: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निष्टादश: eighteen (in number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्टादश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्वीपान्: islands/continents
• द्वीपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वशम्: control/subjection
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आनीय: having brought (into)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• भार्गवः: Bhargava (descendant of Bhṛgu; Paraśurāma)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)
• sarāṃsi (lakes)
• aṣṭādaśa-dvīpa (the eighteen islands/continents)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical burden of conquest won through bloodshed: power and subjugation can be achieved by violence, but such dominance is morally fraught and points to the destructive consequences of anger and vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes the Bhārgava (Paraśurāma) as so violently triumphant that blood flows are said to fill lakes, and he is portrayed as subduing the traditional ‘eighteen dvīpas’—a hyperbolic image of world-wide domination.