Shloka 87

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

तथा च शिबिरं तेषां द्रौणिराहवदुर्मद: । व्यक्षो भयत राजेन्द्र महाह्नदमिव द्विप:,राजेन्द्र! रणदुर्मद द्रोणकुमारने उन शत्रुओंके शिविरको उसी प्रकार मथ डाला, जैसे कोई गजराज किसी विशाल सरोवरको विक्षुब्ध कर डालता है

Transliteration

tathā ca śibiraṃ teṣāṃ drauṇir āhavadurmadḥ | vyakṣobhayata rājendra mahāhradam iva dvipaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ແລ້ວ ອັສວັດຖາມັນ ບຸດຂອງໂດຣນະ ຜູ້ມືດມົນດ້ວຍຄວາມຄັ້ງແຄ້ນແຫ່ງສົງຄາມ ໄດ້ກໍ່ໃຫ້ຄ່າຍຂອງສັດຕູປັ່ນປ່ວນຢ່າງຮຸນແຮງ, ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ດັ່ງຊ້າງໃຫຍ່ກວນບຶງໃຫຍ່ໃຫ້ປັ່ນປ່ວນ.

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

चand

शिबिरम्camp

तेषाम्of them (of those)

द्रौणिःDrauni (Aśvatthāman), son of Droṇa

आहवत्shook, agitated, churned

दुर्मदःfiercely intoxicated (with battle-fury)

व्यक्षोभयत्caused to be violently agitated, churned up

यथाas, just as

राजेन्द्रO best of kings

महाह्रदम्a great lake/pond

इवlike, as if

द्विपःan elephant

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra)

enemy camp (śibira)

elephant (dvipa)

great lake (mahāhrada)

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 unchecked battle-fury can become a force that destroys order and restraint, suggesting an ethical warning: when rage governs action, violence spreads indiscriminately and the moral boundary of warfare is easily crossed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Aśvatthāman (Drona’s son) storming and throwing the enemy camp into chaos, likening his impact to an elephant violently churning a large lake—an image of overwhelming disruption during the Sauptika night assault.