Mahabharata 7.35.6 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 35, Shloka 6

द्रोणानीकाभिमुखगमनम्

Abhimanyu advances toward Droṇa’s host

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च सगणा: कृतास्त्रा युद्धदुर्मदा: । समभ्यधावन्‌ सहसा भारद्वाजं युयुत्सव:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

ete cānye ca sagaṇāḥ kṛtāstrā yuddha-durmadāḥ |

samabhyadhāvan sahasā bhāradvājaṃ yuyutsavaḥ ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—एते चान्ये च सगणाः कृतास्त्राः युद्धदुर्मदाः। युयुत्सवः सहसा भारद्वाजं समभ्यधावन्॥

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सगणाः: with their troops/companies
• सगणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृतास्त्राः: trained in weapons (having mastered missiles)
• कृतास्त्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतास्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्धदुर्मदाः: mad with battle-fury
• युद्धदुर्मदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धदुर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समभ्यधावन्: ran up/charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly, impetuously
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• भारद्वाजम्: Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• भारद्वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युयुत्सवः: desiring to fight
• युयुत्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how martial skill (kṛtāstra) combined with war-intoxication (yuddha-durmada) can propel even disciplined warriors into sudden, collective aggression. It implicitly warns that valor without restraint and ethical clarity easily becomes destructive momentum.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that many armed warriors, each with his own contingent, suddenly charge toward Droṇa (called Bhāradvāja) with the intention of fighting him, marking an intense surge in the battle’s action.