Shloka 6

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय २७: सुशर्माह्वानम्, अर्जुनस्य प्रतिनिवर्तनम्, भगदत्तेन गजप्रहारः

Devanagari script

सह: शस्त्रनिपातानामग्निस्पर्शस्य चानघ । स पाण्डवबलं सर्वमद्यैको नाशयिष्यति,“अनघ! वह सम्पूर्ण शस्त्रोंके आघात तथा अग्निके स्पर्शको भी सह सकनेवाला है। आज वह अकेला ही समस्त पाण्डव-सेनाका विनाश कर डालेगा

Transliteration

sahaḥ śastranipātānām agnisparśasya cānagha | sa pāṇḍavabalaṁ sarvam adyaiko nāśayiṣyati ||

Translation

ਅਰਜੁਨ ਬੋਲਿਆ— “ਅਨਘ! ਉਹ ਸ਼ਸਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਅੱਗ ਦੀ ਛੋਹ ਵੀ ਸਹਿ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅੱਜ ਉਹ ਇਕੱਲਾ ਹੀ ਪਾਂਡਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਾਰੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਟ ਕਰ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ।”

Word by Word

सहःable to endure, enduring

शस्त्र-निपातानाम्of the blows/strikes of weapons

अग्नि-स्पर्शस्यof the touch of fire

चand

अनघO blameless one

सःhe

पाण्डव-बलम्the Pandava army/force

सर्वम्entire, all

अद्यtoday

एकःalone, single

नाशयिष्यतिwill destroy

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍavas

weapons (śastra)

fire (agni)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse illustrates how war-narratives employ praise of a warrior’s endurance to inspire confidence and intimidate the opponent; ethically, it highlights the tension between heroic valor and the grim reality of total destruction being spoken of as a goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a particular warrior (referred to as “he”) is so formidable—able to withstand weapon-strikes and even fire—that he is expected to annihilate the Pāṇḍavas’ forces single-handedly that very day.