Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

आचार्यो हि भृशं राजन्‌ निग्रहे तव गृध्यति

Transliteration

ācāryo hi bhṛśaṃ rājan nigrahe tava gṛdhyati

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच— आचार्यो हि भृशं राजन् निग्रहे तव गृध्यति।

Word by Word

• आचार्यः: the teacher (Drona)
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भृशम्: excessively/very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निग्रहे: in restraint/control (in checking)
• निग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• गृध्यति: desires/longs for
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृध्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by address rājan)
• Ācārya (Droṇa, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical role of a preceptor: true guidance may take the form of restraint (nigraha), curbing a ruler’s impulses for the sake of right conduct and long-term welfare rather than flattering immediate desire.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the blind king that the Ācārya is strongly intent on checking the king’s side—signaling a moment where the preceptor’s authority and strategic-moral discipline are being asserted amid the pressures of the war.