Shloka 7

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent

Devanagari script

सम्मोहयित्वा तमथ दुर्योधनममोचयन्‌ । आस्याद्‌ ग्रासमिवाक्षिप्तं ममृषे नार्जुनात्मज:

Transliteration

sammohayitvā tam atha duryodhanam amocayan | āsyād grāsam ivākṣiptaṁ mamṛṣe nārjunātmajaḥ ||

Translation

ତାକୁ ମୋହିତ କରି ସେଇ ବୀରମାନେ ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନକୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କଲେ। ଯେପରି ମୁହଁରୁ ଗ୍ରାସ ଛିନି ନିଆଯାଏ, ସେପରି ଭାବି ଅର୍ଜୁନପୁତ୍ର (ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ) ଏହା ସହି ପାରିଲା ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• सम्मोहयित्वा: having bewildered
• सम्मोहयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+मुह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अमोचयन्: they released / set free
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), parasmaipada, 3rd, plural, active

• आस्यात्: from the mouth
• आस्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• ग्रासम्: a morsel
• ग्रासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रास
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आक्षिप्तम्: snatched away / seized
• आक्षिप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+क्षिप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, accusative, singular

• ममृषे: endured / bore (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), ātmanepada, 3rd, singular, middle

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अर्जुनात्मजः: Arjuna's son (Abhimanyu)
• अर्जुनात्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन-आत्मज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Arjuna
• Arjuna’s son (Abhimanyu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how quickly victory and anger can overtake judgment in war: even a righteous warrior’s resolve is tested when a hard-won advantage is suddenly lost. It points to the ethical demand for self-control amid battlefield passions.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Duryodhana is confused or stunned, he is released by his opponents. Abhimanyu (Arjuna’s son) cannot bear this release, feeling as though a captured prize has been snatched away at the last moment.