Shloka 6

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

अपरे तु तदा55दाय वाजिनागरथान्‌ रणे । त्वरया परया युक्ताः प्राद्रवन्त विशाम्पते

Transliteration

apare tu tadā dāya vājinā gārathān raṇe | tvarayā parayā yuktāḥ prādravanta viśāmpate ||

Translation

अपरे तु तदा आदाय वाजिनागरथान् रणे । त्वरया परया युक्ताः प्राद्रवन्त विशाम्पते ॥

Word by Word

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• आदाय: having taken/seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नागरथान्: elephant-chariots / great chariots (nāga-rathas)
• नागरथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्वरया: with speed/haste
• त्वरया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: great/utmost
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्ताः: yoked/engaged/arrayed
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राद्रवन्त: ran forth/charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• horses (vājin)
• chariots (ratha)
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, collective energy and urgency can sweep people into action; it implicitly invites reflection on the ethical weight of such momentum—speed and zeal do not by themselves confer righteousness (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that another contingent, taking their horses and chariots, hurriedly surged forward into the battle, indicating escalating engagement on the field.