Mahabharata 7.114.30 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 114, Shloka 30

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

एषामेते महामात्रा: किराता युद्धदुर्मदा:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | eṣām ete mahāmātrāḥ kirātā yuddha-durmadāḥ |

Translation

இவர்கள் இவர்களின் பெரும் அதிகாரிகள்—போரின் அகந்தையால் மயங்கிய கீராத வீரர்கள்.

Word by Word

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

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

• महामात्राः: high officers / great officials
• महामात्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामात्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किराताः: Kirātas (mountain-tribesmen)
• किराताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्ध-दुर्मदाः: fierce/maddened in battle
• युद्ध-दुर्मदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kirātas
• mahāmātrāḥ (commanders/officers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the danger of durmada—battle-pride and overconfidence. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, martial strength without humility and discernment can become a moral weakness, inviting reversal when confronted by disciplined, dharmically grounded resistance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is describing to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the forces present in the conflict, identifying certain prominent commanders and fierce Kirāta fighters among them, characterizing them as formidable and war-intoxicated.