Mahabharata 7.149.306 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 149, Shloka 306

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

न मृष्यति हत॑ नूनं भूरिश्रवसमाहवे । “यह अधिरथपुत्र कर्ण सात्यकिके रथकी ओर जा रहा है। अवश्य ही युद्धस्थलमें भूरिश्रवाका मारा जाना इसके लिये असहयू हो उठा है

Transliteration

na mṛṣyati hataṃ nūnaṃ bhūriśravasam āhave |

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—போர்க்களத்தில் பூரிச்ரவஸ் கொல்லப்பட்டதை அவன் நிச்சயமாகத் தாங்க இயலவில்லை।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मृष्यति: endures/tolerates
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हतम्: killed (one/thing)
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (हत)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नूनम्: surely/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• भूरिश्रवसम्: Bhūrishravas (proper name)
• भूरिश्रवसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhūriśravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how attachment to honor, comradeship, and battlefield reputation can make a warrior unable to ‘bear’ a death—showing how grief and indignation quickly fuel further violence in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya comments that a key figure (implied by context) is reacting intensely because Bhūriśravas has been killed in the battle, indicating a turning point of anger and urgency among the combatants.