Mahabharata 7.151.37 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 37

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

अयं च पुरुषव्याप्र त्ववनुध्यानसंवृतः । हत्वा योधसहस््राणि न्यहन्‌ जिष्णुर्जयद्रथम्‌

Transliteration

ayaṃ ca puruṣavyāghra tvad-anudhyāna-saṃvṛtaḥ | hatvā yodha-sahasrāṇi nyahan jiṣṇur jayadratham ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai harimau di antara manusia! Dilindungi oleh renunganmu yang berterusan dan membawa berkat, Jiṣṇu (Arjuna) membunuh ribuan pahlawan, lalu menewaskan Jayadratha. Demikianlah keteguhan batin dan dukungan yang benar menurut dharma berbuah di tengah himpitan perang yang dahsyat.”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वत्: from you / by you (as source)
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अनुध्यानसंवृतः: covered/protected by (your) constant meditation/thought
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृत (√वृ, संवृ; past participle) + अनुध्यान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• योधसहस्राणि: thousands of warriors
• योधसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध + सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• न्यहन्: slew / killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (नि + अहन्)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जिष्णुः: Jishnu (Arjuna)
• जिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Jiṣṇu)
• Jayadratha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links success in a righteous but perilous duty to sustained inner focus (anudhyāna) and protective moral support: disciplined intention and steadfast resolve can safeguard a warrior’s action even amid overwhelming violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, described as Jiṣṇu, fought through and killed thousands of enemy warriors and ultimately slew Jayadratha, attributing Arjuna’s protection and success to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s continuous contemplation.