Mahabharata 7.94.68 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 94, Shloka 68

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

शक्‍्त्या त्वभिहतो गाढढं मूर्च्डयाभिपरिप्लुत: । समाश्वास्य महातेजा: सृक्किणी परिलेलिहन्‌

Transliteration

śaktyā tv abhihato gāḍhaṁ mūrcchayābhipariplutaḥ | samāśvāsya mahātejāḥ sṛkkīṇī parilelihan |

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആ ശക്തിയുടെ ഘോര പ്രഹാരത്തിൽ ഗാഢമായി പരിക്കേറ്റ് മഹാതേജസ്വിയായ അർജുനൻ മൂർഛയിൽ മുങ്ങി; പിന്നെ സ്വയം ആശ്വസിച്ച്, നാവുകൊണ്ട് വായിന്റെ ഇരുകോണുകളും നക്കി, ധൈര്യം വീണ്ടെടുത്തു.

Word by Word

• शक्त्या: by/with the spear (śakti-weapon)
• शक्त्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• त्व: you (object)
• त्व: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अभिहतः: struck, hit
• अभिहतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: Past (PPP), —, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• गाढम्: deeply, severely
• गाढम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गाढ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मूर्च्छया: with fainting/swoon
• मूर्च्छया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्च्छा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिपरिप्लुतः: overwhelmed, flooded over
• अभिपरिप्लुतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-परि-प्लु
• Form: Past (PPP), —, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• समाश्वास्य: having recovered/breathed again
• समाश्वास्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्वस्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), —, —

• महातेजाः: of great splendor (mighty)
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सृक्किणी: the two corners of the mouth
• सृक्किणी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृक्/सृक्कि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• परिलेलिहन्: licking all around
• परिलेलिहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-लिह्
• Form: Present participle, —, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Sudakṣiṇa
• śakti (spear-weapon)
• nārāca arrows
• horses
• banner (dhvaja)
• bow (dhanus)
• charioteer (sārathi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violence, the ideal warrior is marked by steadiness: after being stunned, Arjuna regains composure and acts with controlled, purposeful skill rather than panic—an expression of kṣatriya-dharma and self-mastery under pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna is hit hard by a śakti weapon and briefly faints. Recovering, he licks the corners of his mouth and retaliates by shooting fourteen heavy nārāca arrows, injuring Sudakṣiṇa and also striking his horses, banner, bow, and charioteer.