Shloka 46

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

प्रददाह कुरून्‌ सर्वानर्जुन: शस्त्रतेजसा

Transliteration

pradadāha kurūn sarvān arjunaḥ śastratejasā

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—अर्जुनः शस्त्रतेजसा कुरून् सर्वान् प्रददाह।

Word by Word

• प्रददाह: burned, set ablaze
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), Perfect (completed past), 3rd, singular

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शस्त्रतेजसा: by the brilliance/power of (his) weapons
• शस्त्रतेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्रतेजस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Kurus

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the terrible efficiency of martial power: when dharma is contested through war, even rightful skill becomes a consuming fire that engulfs whole communities. It invites reflection on the ethical cost of victory and the destructive momentum of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, through the blazing might of his weapons, was overwhelming and 'scorching' the Kuru forces—depicting a moment of decisive battlefield dominance.