Mahabharata 7.90.3 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 90, Shloka 3

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ९०: हार्दिक्यस्य पराक्रमः

Kṛtavarmā’s Stand against the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

अभिहारयत्सु शनकैर्भरतेषु युयुत्सुषु । रौद्रे मुहूर्तो सम्प्राप्ते सब्यसाची व्यदृश्यत

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhihārayatsu śanakaiḥ bharateṣu yuyutsuṣu | raudre muhūrto samprāpte savyasācī vyadṛśyata ||

Translation

യുദ്ധത്തിനാഗ്രഹിച്ച ഭാരതവീരർ പതുക്കെ മുന്നേറുമ്പോൾ, രൗദ്രമുഹൂർത്തം എത്തിച്ചേരുമ്പോൾ, യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ സവ്യസാചി അർജുനൻ ദൃശ്യനായി।

Word by Word

• अभिहारयत्सु: while (they) were causing to be brought/while beating (drums etc.)
• अभिहारयत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हृ (प्रेरणे) / अभिहारयत् (प्र.पुं. कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• सु: indeed/also (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु

• शनकैः: slowly, gradually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनक (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• भरतेषु: among the Bharatas (Bharata warriors)
• भरतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• युयुत्सुषु: eager to fight
• युयुत्सुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युयुत्सु (युध् + सन्; desiderative adjective)
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• रौद्रे: in the fierce (time/phase)
• रौद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• मुहूर्ते: at the moment/auspicious time
• मुहूर्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सम्प्राप्ते: having arrived/when (it) had come
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (क्त; सम्प्राप्त)
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• सव्यसाची: Savyasācin (Arjuna, ambidextrous archer)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• व्यदृश्यत: was seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (लङ्; व्य- + दृश्)
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada/passive sense

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Savyasācī (Arjuna)
• Bharatas (Kuru warriors)
• muhūrta (time-moment)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral weight of war: even when warriors are eager and disciplined, the arrival of a 'raudra muhūrta' frames battle as a grave, ominous turning-point where skill (Arjuna) must operate within the larger demands of kṣatriya-dharma and the consequences of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

As the Kuru/Bharata fighters, ready for combat, advance slowly in formation, the fierce moment for engagement arrives; at that juncture Arjuna—called Savyasācī—becomes visible on the battlefield, signaling the imminent clash.