Mahabharata 7.95.28 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 95, Shloka 28

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

पुत्री तयोर्नरश्रेष्ठी कौन्तेयं प्रतिजग्मतुः । किरन्तौ विविधान्‌ बाणान्‌ पितृव्यसनकर्शितौ

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

putrī tayor naraśreṣṭhī kaunteyaṃ pratijagmatūḥ |

kirantau vividhān bāṇān pitṛvyasanakarśitau ||

bhārata! śrutāyu tathā acyutāyuko mārā gayā dekh un donoṃke putra naraśreṣṭha niyatāyu aur dīrghāyu pitāke vadhase duḥkhī ho atyanta krodhameṃ bharakar nānā prakārake bāṇoṃkī varṣā karate hue kuntīkumar arjunakā sāmnā karaneke liye āye

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ, ຜູ້ກ້າທັງສອງ—ລູກຊາຍຂອງນັກຮົບທີ່ລົ້ມລົງ—ໄດ້ກ້າວມາປະຈັນໜ້າອາຣຊຸນ ບຸດແຫ່ງກຸນຕີ. ຖືກຄວາມເສົ້າຈາກການຕາຍຂອງບິດາກົດຂີ່ ແລະຖືກໂທສະກິນໃຈ, ພວກເຂົາສາດລູກສອນຫຼາຍຊະນິດລົງມາເມື່ອກ້າວເຂົ້າໄປຕໍ່ຕ້ານລາວ.

Word by Word

• पुत्री: two sons (lit. two offspring)
• पुत्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Common, Genitive, Dual

• नरश्रेष्ठी: two best of men
• नरश्रेष्ठी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• कौन्तेयम्: Kuntī's son (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिजग्मतुः: they approached / went towards
• प्रतिजग्मतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-गम्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• किरन्तौ: scattering / showering
• किरन्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (किरति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual, Śatṛ (present active participle)

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पितृव्यसनकर्शितौ: afflicted by their father's calamity (death)
• पितृव्यसनकर्शितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृव्यसनकर्शित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual, Past passive participle (kta)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (addressed as Bharata)
• Arjuna (Kaunteya)
• Niyatayu
• Dirghayu
• Shrutayu
• Achyutayu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a recurring ethical tension in epic warfare: personal grief (from a father’s death) easily becomes anger and revenge, which perpetuates violence. It implicitly warns how attachment and retaliation can override discernment even among noble warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that two prominent warriors—identified here as Niyatayu and Dirghayu (linked in the Hindi gloss to Shrutayu and Achyutayu)—advance to face Arjuna. Distressed by their father’s death, they attack by showering him with many kinds of arrows.