Shloka 34

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

ततो द्रौणि: सुसंक्रुद्ध: शरै: संनतपर्वभि:

Transliteration

tato drauṇiḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ

Translation

அப்போது துரோணியின் மகன் அஸ்வத்தாமன் கடும் கோபத்தால் கொதித்து, நன்றாக வளைந்த மூட்டுகளும் உறுதியான இணைப்புகளும் கொண்ட அம்புகளைச் செலுத்தி எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் அம்புமழை பொழிந்தான்.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• द्रौणिः: Drauni (son of Drona; Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि (द्रोण-अपत्य/वंशज)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुसंक्रुद्धः: highly enraged
• सुसंक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंक्रुद्ध (कृध्/क्रुध् धातु; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संनतपर्वभिः: having bent joints (i.e., well-formed/curved-knotted shafts)
• संनतपर्वभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनतपर्वन् (पर्वन्-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिसमास)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can become the immediate driver of action in war, even when the action is executed with high discipline and technical mastery—suggesting that skill without inner restraint can intensify harm and ethical peril.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāman (Droṇa’s son) becomes intensely enraged and begins a forceful assault, releasing expertly made arrows as the battle escalates.