Mahabharata — Drona Parva, Shloka 37

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

ततस्ते5पि नरव्याप्रा: पार्थ सर्वे महारथा:

Transliteration

tataste ’pi naravyāprāḥ pārtha sarve mahārathāḥ

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— പിന്നെ, ഹേ പാർഥാ, ആ നരവ്യാഘ്രന്മാരായ എല്ലാ മഹാരഥന്മാരും മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: अव्यय

• नरव्याप्राः: engaged in (slaying) men / man-fighters
• नरव्याप्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नरव्याप्र (नर + व्याप्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun (vocative proper epithet)
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the force of duty and collective commitment in war: the foremost warriors, absorbed in action, move forward together. It implicitly points to how role-based dharma (kṣatriya duty) can propel individuals into morally heavy circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the great chariot-warriors on the field also advance and engage—an intensification of the battle scene—addressing Arjuna as Pārtha while describing the coordinated movement of elite fighters.