Mahabharata 7.113.31 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 113, Shloka 31

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

सराक्षसगणा राजन्‌ सकिन्नरमहोरगा । जड़मा: स्थावरा: सर्वे नाल॑ पार्थस्य संयुगे

Transliteration

sa-rākṣasa-gaṇā rājan sa-kinnara-mahoragāḥ | jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāḥ sarve nālaṁ pārthasya saṁyuge ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «О царь, даже если все существа — вместе с полчищами ракшасов, с киннарами и могучими племенами змеев, то есть всё движущееся и всё недвижимое — поднимутся на битву, и тогда их не хватит, чтобы встретить Партху (Арджуну) на поле войны.»

Word by Word

• स: he/that (Arjuna)
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राक्षसगणाः: hosts of Rakshasas
• राक्षसगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसगण
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• स: he/that (Arjuna)
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• किन्नरमहोरगाः: Kinnaras and great serpents
• किन्नरमहोरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नरमहोरग
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जङ्गमाः: moving beings
• जङ्गमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जङ्गम
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• स्थावराः: immobile beings
• स्थावराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• अलम्: able/sufficient (to)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम्

• पार्थस्य: of Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Rākṣasas
• Kinnaras
• Mahoragas (great serpents/Nāgas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse conveys that disciplined martial excellence and divinely-favored heroism (as embodied by Arjuna) can surpass even vast numerical or cosmic opposition. Ethically, it heightens the sense that the war’s outcomes are shaped not merely by numbers but by dharma-aligned capability and resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, using sweeping imagery of many classes of beings, that no assembled force could adequately confront Arjuna in battle. It functions as a dramatic assessment of Arjuna’s battlefield dominance within the Drona Parva war narrative.