Mahabharata 7.118.30 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 118, Shloka 30

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

Devanagari script

ततः प्रजविताश्वेन विधिवत्‌ कल्पितेन च

Transliteration

tataḥ prajavitāśvena vidhivat kalpitena ca

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം, വേഗത്തിൽ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ട അശ്വങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയ രഥം വിധിവത്ആയി സജ്ജമാക്കി, അടുത്ത നടപടി ക്രമബദ്ധമായി ആരംഭിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक)

• प्रजविताश्वेन: by (one) having swift/impelled horses
• प्रजविताश्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजविताश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• विधिवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक)

• कल्पितेन: prepared; arranged
• कल्पितेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पित (कृदन्त; √कॢप्/कल्प्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (कर्मणि-क्त)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• aśva (horse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights vidhivat—acting with due procedure and disciplined preparation. Even in a chaotic battlefield, actions are portrayed as requiring order, planning, and adherence to accepted norms, reflecting a dharmic ideal of regulated conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes a transition: after a prior event, a horse is urged forward and the necessary arrangements are made properly, indicating the commencement of a planned movement or operation within the ongoing battle sequence.