Mahabharata 7.112.12 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 112, Shloka 12

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

नरेश्वर! रणक्षेत्रमें पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए द्रोणाचार्यको देखकर युयुधानके मुखपर विषाद छा गया ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | nareśvara! raṇakṣetre pānaiḥ bāṇaiḥ varṣaṃ kurvāṇaṃ droṇācāryaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuyudhānasya mukhe viṣādaḥ samacchāyata || taṃ tu samprekṣya te putrāḥ sainikāś ca viśāmpate | prahṛṣṭamanaso bhūtvā siṃhavad vyanadan muhuḥ || prajāpālaka nareśa! tān tathāvasthān dṛṣṭvā tava putrāḥ sainikāś ca pramuditacittāḥ san muhur muhuḥ siṃhanādaṃ cakruḥ ||

Translation

హే నరేశ్వరా! యుద్ధరంగంలో ద్రోణాచార్యుడు పదునైన బాణవర్షం కురిపిస్తున్నాడని చూచి యుయుధానుడు (సాత్యకి) విషాదగ్రస్తుడయ్యాడు. కానీ హే విశాంపతే! అతన్ని ఆ స్థితిలో చూసిన నీ కుమారులు మరియు సైన్యం హర్షంతో నిండిపోయి, సింహాలవలె మళ్లీ మళ్లీ గర్జించారు.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+ईक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• ते: those/they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सैनिकाः: soldiers
• सैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रहृष्टमनसः: glad-minded, delighted
• प्रहृष्टमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट-मनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• सिंहवत्: like a lion
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सिंहवत्

• व्यनदन्: they roared/sounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+नद्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मुहुः: again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as nareśvara/viśāmpati/prajāpālaka)
• Droṇācārya
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Kaurava princes (te putrāḥ)
• Kaurava army (sainikāḥ)
• Battlefield (raṇakṣetra)
• Arrows (bāṇāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral and psychological inversion common in war: the same act of martial prowess (Droṇa’s arrow-storm) produces despair in an opponent (Yuyudhāna) and exhilaration in allies (the Kauravas). It implicitly warns that battlefield success easily becomes a spectacle that inflames pride and hardens hearts, complicating dharmic judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Droṇa is fiercely attacking, raining sharp arrows. Seeing this, Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) becomes downcast. In contrast, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons and their troops, encouraged by Droṇa’s display, repeatedly roar like lions in celebration.