Shloka 406

Devanagari script

तस्मै गुर्वी गदां घोरां विनदन्नुत्ससर्ज ह । घोड़ों और सारथिके मारे जानेपर रथकी बैठकसे नीचे उतरकर गर्जते हुए भीमसेनने उस राक्षसपर अपनी भारी एवं भयंकर गदा दे मारी

Transliteration

saf1jaya uv
01ca |

tasmai gurv
2b43 gad
0143 ghor
0143 vinadann utsasarja ha |

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు— “అతనిపై భీమసేనుడు గర్జిస్తూ భారమైన, భయంకరమైన గదను విసిరెను. గుర్రాలు, సారథి హతులైన తరువాత రథాసనం నుండి దిగివచ్చి, ఉగ్రగర్జనతో ఆ రాక్షసునిపై తన మహాగదను విసిరి కొట్టెను.”

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• गुर्वी: heavy
• गुर्वी: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• घोराम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विनदन्: roaring, resounding
• विनदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्ससर्ज: he hurled, he discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Gada (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kshatriya ethos in wartime: when faced with grave loss and immediate threat, a warrior responds with decisive force. Ethically, it reflects the Mahabharata43s tension between righteous duty in battle and the escalating ferocity that grief and rage can unleash.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya narrates a moment of intense combat: a warrior (contextually Bhimasena in the accompanying Hindi gloss) roars and hurls a heavy, terrifying mace at an opponent, after the charioteer and horses have been killed and he has come down from the chariot-seat.