Mahabharata 7.40.9 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 40, Shloka 9

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

अमर्षिताया: कृष्णाया: काड्क्षितस्य च मे पितु: । अद्य कौरव्य भीमस्य भवितास्म्यनृणो युधि

Transliteration

amarṣitāyāḥ kṛṣṇāyāḥ kāṅkṣitasya ca me pituḥ | adya kauravya bhīmasya bhavitāsmy anṛṇo yudhi ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “കുരുകുലത്തിന്റെ കളങ്കമേ! ഇന്ന് ഈ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ക്രോധം നിറഞ്ഞ കൃഷ്ണാ (ദ്രൗപദി)യുടെ ആഗ്രഹവും, എനിക്ക് പിതൃതുല്യനായ ഭീമസേനന്റെ അഭീഷ്ടവും നിറവേറ്റി ഞാൻ അവരുടെ കടത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉഋണനാകും.”

Word by Word

• अमर्षितायाः: of the enraged
• अमर्षितायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षिता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• कृष्णायाः: of Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• कृष्णायाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• काङ्क्षितस्य: of the desired (wish)
• काङ्क्षितस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काङ्क्षित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पितुः: of (my) father
• पितुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भीमस्य: of Bhīma
• भीमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भविता: will be / will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic Future (लुट्), —, Singular, Masculine

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular

• अनृणः: free from debt / having repaid (obligation)
• अनृणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Kuru/Kaurava lineage

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames action in war through the ethical lens of ṛṇa (moral debt/obligation): one seeks to become anṛṇa—released from obligation—by fulfilling the rightful, long-held aims of those to whom one is bound by loyalty and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warrior’s resolve: in the midst of the Drona Parva fighting, he declares that he will satisfy Draupadī’s wrath-driven wish and Bhīma’s desired objective, thereby repaying what he feels he owes them in the battle.