Mahabharata 7.151.5 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 5

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

प्रियमेतदुपश्रुत्य त्वत्त: पुष्करलोचन

Transliteration

priyam etad upaśrutya tvattaḥ puṣkaralocana | kamalanayana kṛṣṇa yathā tairṇe icchāvān puruṣaḥ samudrasya pāraṃ na prāpnoti tathā tava mukhāt idaṃ priyaṃ vārttāṃ śrutvā mama harṣasya sīmā nāsti | buddhimān arjunaḥ etad atyadbhutaṃ parākramaṃ kṛtavān |

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: “Ó Kṛṣṇa de olhos de lótus! Ao ouvir de ti esta notícia tão querida, minha alegria não conhece limites. Assim como o homem que anseia atravessar o oceano a nado não alcança a margem distante, do mesmo modo, ao escutar de teus próprios lábios este relato amado, não encontro fronteira para meu júbilo. O sábio Arjuna realizou um feito de valor verdadeiramente assombroso.”

Word by Word

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपश्रुत्य: having heard
• उपश्रुत्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• त्वत्तः: from you
• त्वत्तः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Ablative, Singular

• पुष्करलोचन: O lotus-eyed one
• पुष्करलोचन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर-लोचन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• ocean (samudra)
• far shore (pāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how truthful, trusted speech can intensify righteous inspiration: Sañjaya’s boundless joy arises from hearing a ‘dear report’ directly from Kṛṣṇa, and it culminates in honoring Arjuna’s wise, extraordinary valor—suggesting that discernment (buddhi) and heroic effort (parākrama) are to be celebrated when aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa with affectionate epithets (‘lotus-eyed’) and says that hearing pleasing news from Kṛṣṇa has made his joy limitless. He uses an ocean-crossing simile to express the immeasurable nature of his delight, then credits Arjuna with performing an astonishing act of prowess.