Mahabharata 7.39.6 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 6
अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्
Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley
नानानूपान् नृपसुतान् सैन्यानि विविधानि च । अलातचक्रवत् सर्वाश्वरन् बाणै: समार्पयत्
sañjaya uvāca |
nānānūpān nṛpasutān sainyāni vividhāni ca |
alātacakravat sarvāśvaran bāṇaiḥ samārpayat ||
droṇaḥ karṇaḥ kṛpaḥ śalyaḥ aśvatthāmā bhojavaṃśī kṛtavarmā bṛhadbalaḥ duryodhanaḥ bhūriśravāḥ mahābalī śakuniḥ anekāneka-nareśāḥ rājakuṃārāḥ tathā teṣāṃ vividhāni sainyāni ca | abhimanyuḥ alātacakravat sarvataḥ paribhraman bāṇaprahāraṃ cakāra ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അഭിമന്യു അലാതചക്രംപോലെ എല്ലാദിക്കുകളിലും ചുറ്റി, പല ദേശങ്ങളിലെ രാജകുമാരന്മാരെയും നൃപപുത്രന്മാരെയും അവരുടെ വിവിധ സൈന്യവിഭാഗങ്ങളെയും അമ്പുമഴകൊണ്ട് മൂടി.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kshatriya-dharma expressed as steadfast courage under overwhelming pressure: Abhimanyu continues to fight with disciplined skill even when surrounded by renowned elders and many forces. Ethically, it also invites reflection on the asymmetry between individual valor and collective violence in war.
Sanjaya describes Abhimanyu moving rapidly in all directions, like a whirled firebrand forming a circle of flame, and striking princes, kings, and multiple troop formations with arrows—naming major Kaurava warriors among those he attacks.
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