Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भीमसेनस्तु कौन्तेयो द्रोणं दृष्टवा पराक्रमी | अभ्ययाज्जवनैरश्वैर्भारिद्वाजस्य वाहिनीम्‌,पराक्रमी कुन्तीकुमार भीमसेनने द्रोणाचार्यको देखकर वेगशाली अअभ्रोंद्वारा द्रोणकी सेनापर धावा किया

Transliteration

bhīmasenas tu kaunteyo droṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā parākramī | abhyayāj javanaiḥ aśvaiḥ bhāradvājasya vāhinīm ||

Translation

ପରାକ୍ରମୀ କୁନ୍ତୀପୁତ୍ର ଭୀମସେନ ଦ୍ରୋଣଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖି, ଦ୍ରୁତଗାମୀ ଅଶ୍ୱଯୁକ୍ତ ରଥ ନେଇ ଭାରଦ୍ୱାଜପୁତ୍ର ଦ୍ରୋଣଙ୍କ ସେନା ଉପରେ ସିଧା ଧାଉ କଲେ—ଗୁରୁ-ସେନାପତିଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମ୍ମୁଖେ ପ୍ରତିଯୋଧ କରିବା ଦୃଢ଼ ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପରେ।

Word by Word

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कौन्तेयः: son of Kunti (Kunteya)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• पराक्रमी: valiant/mighty
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: advanced/charged (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जवनैः: swift/fast
• जवनैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जवन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भारद्वाजस्य: of Bharadvaja (i.e., Drona)
• भारद्वाजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाहिनीम्: army/host
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Kuntī
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Bhāradvāja
• army (vāhinī)
• horses (aśva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores kṣatriya-dharma in wartime: decisive courage and direct engagement with a powerful opponent, even when that opponent is a revered teacher-figure. It reflects the tension between personal reverence and the impersonal demands of duty on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, seeing Droṇa on the field, advances in a swift charge with fast horses against Droṇa’s forces—signaling an aggressive attempt to break or confront the commander’s formation.