Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.39.27 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 27

अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्

Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley

Devanagari script

एवमुक्‍क्त्वानदद्‌ राजन पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । सौभद्रमभ्ययात्‌ क्रुद्ध: शरवर्षरवाकिरन्‌

Transliteration

evam uktvā nadad rājān putro duḥśāsanas tava | saubhadram abhyayāt kruddhaḥ śaravarṣa-ravākiran ||

Translation

एवमुक्त्वानदद् राजन् पुत्रो दुःशासनस्तव । सौभद्रमभ्ययात् क्रुद्धः शरवर्षरवाकिरन् ॥

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite

• अनदत्: roared, bellowed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, genitive, singular

• सौभद्रम्: the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अभ्ययात्: approached, went towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: अभि, लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular

• शरवर्षरवाकिरन्: showering (him) with a rain of arrows with a roaring sound
• Type: Verb
• Root: शर-वर्ष-रव-आकिरत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular, कॄ (किरति) with आ-, आ

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duḥśāsana
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly warns that anger (krodha) and boastful aggression can eclipse discernment and dharma. Even within a warrior code, being driven by rage tends toward excess and moral decline, intensifying the cruelty of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, Duḥśāsana roars and advances on Abhimanyu (Saubhadra), attacking him with a loud, dense shower of arrows, as narrated by Sañjaya to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra.