Mahabharata 6.116.19 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 19

भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः

Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation

Devanagari script

अत्यद्भुतं रणे कर्म कृतवांस्तत्र पाण्डव: | महारथा>शरैरविंद्ध्वा वारयित्वा च मारिष

Transliteration

atyadbhutaṃ raṇe karma kṛtavāṃs tatra pāṇḍavaḥ | mahārathān śarair avinddhvā vārayitvā ca māriṣa ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Ali, o Pāṇḍava realizou um feito assombroso na batalha: depois de trespassar com suas flechas os grandes guerreiros de carro, também os conteve e os fez recuar, ó venerável.”

Word by Word

• अति: exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• अद्भुतम्: marvellous, wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतवान्: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्/परस्मैपद-पर्यायः), Third, Singular, Masculine

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (warrior)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविन्ध्य: having pierced, having struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + विध्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः) / Gerund, Parasmaipada (usage)

• वारयित्वा: having checked, having held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (causative of वृ/वृञ् 'to restrain/ward off')
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः) / Gerund, Causative (णिच्)

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

• मारिष: O venerable one / O sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Pandava hero)
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• śara (arrows)
• raṇa (battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, excellence is not merely destructive force: the verse highlights disciplined prowess—striking decisively yet also restraining opponents—reflecting kṣatriya-dharma where power is guided by control and purpose rather than rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the blind king (implied by the respectful address) that a Pāṇḍava hero accomplished an extraordinary battlefield feat: he wounded elite chariot-warriors with arrows and simultaneously prevented or checked their advance.