Mahabharata 7.116.4 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 4

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

आत्तसंनाहसंछन्न॑ बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदम्‌ । शस्त्रग्रहणविद्यासु बह्मीषु परिनिष्ठितम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | āttasaṃnāhasaṃchannaṃ bahuśastraparicchadam | śastragrahaṇavidyāsu bahvīṣu pariniṣṭhitam ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Estão plenamente armados e cobertos por armaduras bem ajustadas; possuem abundância de armas e equipamentos. Todos esses guerreiros estão firmemente treinados em muitas disciplinas do manejo de armas.”

Word by Word

• आत्त: taken up, assumed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-दा (धातु) → आत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संनाह: armor, harness
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संछन्नम्: covered, concealed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-छद् (धातु) → संछन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बहु: many, abundant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शस्त्र: weapon
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परिच्छदम्: equipment, gear, accoutrements
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शस्त्र: in/among weapons
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• ग्रहण: in taking/handling
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विद्यासु: in the skills/arts
• विद्यासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• बह्वीषु: in many (of them)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बह्वी (बहु-स्त्रीलिङ्ग) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• परिनिष्ठितम्: well-trained, firmly established/proficient
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-नि-स्था (धातु) → परिनिष्ठित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• armor (kavaca/saṃnāha)
• weapons (śastra)
• military equipment (paricchada)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the disciplined preparedness of warriors: armor, abundant arms, and mastery of weapon-skills. Ethically, it highlights how capability and training become morally charged depending on the cause they serve—skill itself is neutral, but its deployment in war carries dharmic consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing the combatants’ condition and readiness: they are armored, well-equipped, and proficient in many techniques of weapon-handling, setting the scene for intense fighting in the Drona Parva.