Mahabharata 1.192.5 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 192, Shloka 5

द्रौपदी-वरण-प्रत्ययः — Intelligence Reports and the Kaurava Court’s Response

Devanagari script

ततो<5पर: पार्थिवसड्घमध्ये प्रवृद्धमारुज्य महीप्ररोहम्‌ । प्रकालयन्नेव स पार्थिवौघान्‌ क्रुद्धोइन्तक: प्राणभृतो यथैव

Transliteration

tato 'paraḥ pārthivasaṅghamadhye pravṛddham ārujya mahīpraroham | prakālayann eva sa pārthivaughān kruddho 'ntakaḥ prāṇabhṛto yathaiva ||

Translation

പിന്നീട് മറ്റൊരു വീരൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ വളർന്ന ഒരു മഹാവൃക്ഷം വേരോടെ പിഴുതെടുത്ത് രാജാക്കന്മാരുടെ കൂട്ടത്തിനിടയിലേക്ക് ചാടിക്കയറി. കോപത്തിൽ ഉഗ്രനായി അവൻ നരാധിപന്മാരുടെ സംഘത്തെ തകർത്തുവീഴ്ത്താൻ തുടങ്ങി—കോപിച്ച അന്തകൻ (മരണം) ജീവികളെ സംഹരിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अपरः: another (one)
• अपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थिवसङ्घमध्ये: in the midst of the assembly of kings
• पार्थिवसङ्घमध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवसङ्घमध्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रवृद्धम्: fully grown, huge
• प्रवृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आरुज्य: having torn up / having uprooted
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुज्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having broken/violently torn up

• महीप्ररोहम्: a tree (earth-grown shoot), i.e., a great tree
• महीप्ररोहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीप्ररोह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रकालयन्: striking, crushing, destroying
• प्रकालयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कल्
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थिवौघान्: masses/hosts of kings
• पार्थिवौघान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवौघ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्रुद्धः: enraged
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्तकः: Death (Yama), the ender
• अन्तकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राणभृतः: living beings (life-bearers)
• प्राणभृतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणभृत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed, exactly so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

Speaker

धृष्टह्ुम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• aparaḥ vīraḥ (another warrior)
• pārthivāḥ (kings)
• mahī (earth)
• vṛkṣa/praroha (tree)
• antaka (Death/Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how krodha (wrath) and wounded royal pride can overturn restraint and dharma, turning a ceremonial or social setting into destructive conflict; it warns that violence spreads quickly when leaders abandon self-control.

What is happening in the narrative?

A powerful fighter enters the kings’ assembly, uproots a large tree, and uses it as a weapon to batter the gathered kings, likened to Death (Antaka/Yama) cutting down living beings.