Shloka 216

Devanagari script

विद्ध्वा ननाद पाज्चाल्यं षष्टया पडचभिरेव च । तदनन्तर अमेय आत्मबलसे सम्पन्न आपके अमर्षशील पुत्रने पैंसठ बाणोंसे धृष्टद्युम्मको घायल करके बड़े जोरसे गर्जना की

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | viddhvā nanāda pāñcālyaṃ ṣaṣṭyā pañcabhir eva ca | tadanantaraṃ ameya ātmabalena sampannaḥ tava amarṣaśīlaḥ putraḥ pañcaṣaṣṭyā bāṇaiḥ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ghālayitvā mahāśabdena nanāda |

Translation

Санджая сказал: Поразив панчальского воина шестьюдесятью пятью стрелами, твой сын — вспыльчивый, с неизмеримой силой духа — ранил Дхриштадьюмну шестьюдесятью пятью стрелами и громогласно зарычал.

Word by Word

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/wounded
• विद्ध्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्) धातु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावार्थ (gerundial)

• ननाद: roared
• ननाद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद् धातु
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• पाञ्चाल्यम्: the Panchala (Dhrishtadyumna/one of Panchalas)
• पाञ्चाल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• षष्ट्या: with sixty (arrows)
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Panchala (Pāñcālya)
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Dhritarashtra's son (implied; likely Duryodhana or another Kaurava prince)
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger and the urge to dominate can amplify violence in war; even great strength becomes ethically ambiguous when driven by intolerance rather than restraint and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Dhritarashtra’s son, empowered by great inner strength, strikes a Panchala warrior and then wounds Dhrishtadyumna with sixty-five arrows, roaring loudly in triumph amid the battle.