Shloka 103

धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्रतु-प्रवर्तनम् तथा पाण्डवानां निमन्त्रण-प्रतिवचनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Sacrifice Commences and the Pandavas’ Reply to the Invitation

Devanagari script

प्राद्रवंस्ते दिश: सर्वे धार्तराष्ट्रस्य पश्यत: । गन्धर्वोको अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये तीव्र वेगसे अपनी ओर आते देख वे सभी कौरव सैनिक दुर्योधनके देखते-देखते चारों ओर भागने लगे

Transliteration

prādravan te diśaḥ sarve dhārtarāṣṭrasya paśyataḥ | gandharvoko 'stra-śastra-liye tīvravegase 'panī ora āte dekh te ve sarve kaurava-sainikā duryodhanake dekhte-dekhte cāroṃ ora bhāgane lage |

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: На глазах у сына Дхритараштры все они бросились бежать во все стороны. Увидев, как войско гандхарвов, вооружённое оружием и метательными снарядами, несётся на них с яростной быстротой, кауравские воины — прямо перед Дурьодханой — рассыпались, нарушили строй и побежали во все стороны.

Word by Word

• प्राद्रवन्: ran away
• प्राद्रवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's (son) / of the Dhārtarāṣṭra
• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (he was) seeing; in the presence of (him) looking on
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (कृदन्त; √दृश्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Kaurava soldiers
• Gandharva host
• astra
• śastra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Outer power and boastful confidence are unstable without self-control and dharmic grounding; when confronted by real danger, arrogance can quickly turn into disorder and fear, revealing the weakness of leadership built on pride rather than virtue.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Gandharva force charges in at great speed, armed with missiles and weapons. The Kaurava troops, with Duryodhana watching, lose courage and scatter in all directions, signaling a sudden collapse of their formation and morale.