Shloka 166

Devanagari script

अभिपेतुर्भुशं क्रुद्धाश्छादयन्तश्न॒ पाण्डवम्‌ | भीष्मके धनुषका काटा जाना कौरव महारथियोंको सहन नहीं हुआ। द्रोण

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhipeturbhuśaṃ kruddhāś chādayantaś ca pāṇḍavam |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ କ୍ରୋଧିତ ହୋଇ ସେମାନେ ପାଣ୍ଡୁନନ୍ଦନ ଅର୍ଜୁନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ସିଧାସଳଖ ଝାପି ପଡ଼ିଲେ ଏବଂ ଆକ୍ରମଣକୁ ଚାପି ଧରି ବାଣବର୍ଷାରେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଚ୍ଛାଦିତ କରିବାକୁ ଲାଗିଲେ। ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କ ଧନୁଷର ଟଙ୍କାର ସେମାନେ ସହିପାରିଲେ ନାହିଁ; ଦ୍ରୋଣ, କୃତବର୍ମା, ସିନ୍ଧୁରାଜ ଜୟଦ୍ରଥ, ଭୂରିଶ୍ରବା, ଶଲ, ଶଲ୍ୟ ଓ ଭଗଦତ୍ତ—ଏହି ସାତ ମହାରଥୀ ରୋଷରେ ଉତ୍ତେଜିତ ହୋଇ କିରୀଟଧାରୀ ଫାଲ୍ଗୁନଙ୍କ ଦିଗକୁ ଧାଇଲେ ଏବଂ ଦିବ୍ୟ ଅସ୍ତ୍ର-ଶସ୍ତ୍ରର ପ୍ରଭାବ ଦେଖାଇ ଅର୍ଜୁନଙ୍କୁ କ୍ରୋଧପୂର୍ବକ ଶରରେ ଢାକିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• अभिपेतुः: they rushed/charged towards
• अभिपेतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• क्रुद्धाः: angry
• क्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• छादयन्तः: covering, showering (with missiles)
• छादयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छादयत् (√छद्/छाद्, causative)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्नैः: with thunderbolts / (poet.) with missiles
• अश्नैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशनि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) escalates conflict: when warriors act from wrath, violence intensifies and becomes collective and overwhelming. Ethically, it contrasts disciplined duty with passion-driven aggression, reminding the listener that inner states shape outer actions even in a dharma-framed war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that opposing warriors, furious, charge at the Pāṇḍava—understood here as Arjuna—and begin to ‘cover’ him with a dense shower of arrows, indicating a coordinated, high-pressure assault on a key fighter.