Mahabharata 7.159.18 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 159, Shloka 18

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दृष्टवा चुक्रुधे भीमो जगृहे भारसाधनान्‌

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā cukrudhe bhīmo jagṛhe bhārasādhanān

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—వారిని చూచి భీముడు కోపంతో మండిపోయి, భారమైన ఆయుధాలను పట్టుకున్నాడు.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• चुक्रुधे: became angry
• चुक्रुधे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगृहे: took, seized
• जगृहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• भारसाधनान्: weighty weapons/implements (means of bearing weight)
• भारसाधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारसाधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• weapons (bhārasādhanāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how intense emotion—especially anger—can immediately translate into action in war; it implicitly warns that krodha drives escalation, even when a warrior feels compelled by kṣatriya-duty to respond with force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, upon seeing the opposing side (or a threatening situation), becomes enraged and physically takes up heavy weapons, signaling his readiness to engage in combat.