Mahabharata 7.175.8 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 175, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

आरुरोह रथं चापि सहदेवस्य मारिष । प्रयातुकाम: कर्णाय वारितो धर्मसूनुना

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

āruroha rathaṃ cāpi sahadevasya māriṣa |

prayātukāmaḥ karṇāya vārito dharmasūnunā ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai yang mulia, Dhṛṣṭadyumna menaiki kereta Sahadeva dan, berniat untuk maju sekali lagi menghadapi Karṇa, telah dihalang oleh putera Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira).”

Word by Word

• आरुरोह: mounted / climbed up
• आरुरोह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (past), 3, singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• अपि: also / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सहदेवस्य: of Sahadeva
• सहदेवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• मारिष: O sir / O noble one
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• प्रयातुकामः: desirous of going forth
• प्रयातुकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-या-तु-काम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कर्णाय: towards/for Karna
• कर्णाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• वारितः: was restrained / stopped
• वारितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारि (√वृ/√वार् caus.)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular, passive (PPP)

• धर्मसूनुना: by the son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मसूनुना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मसूनु
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Sahadeva
• Karṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasūnu)
• chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid righteous warfare, dharma expresses itself as disciplined restraint under wise leadership: anger or zeal to retaliate must be checked when it risks disorder, needless loss, or strategic harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛṣṭadyumna climbs onto Sahadeva’s chariot, ready to go again to face Karṇa, but Yudhiṣṭhira intervenes and stops him, asserting control and caution in the unfolding battle.