Mahabharata 7.180.7 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 180, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

आत्तायुथ: सुसंक़्रुद्धों युयुधानो महारथ: । नकुल: सहदेवश्न चिच्छिदुर्निशितै: शरै:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | āttāyudhaḥ susaṅkruddho yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca cicchidur niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—ఆయుధములు ఎత్తుకొని అత్యంత క్రోధముతో ఉన్న మహారథి యుయుధానుడు, నకులుడు, సహదేవుడు తమ పదునైన శరములతో వారిని చీల్చి పడగొట్టిరి.

Word by Word

• आत्तायुधाः: those who had taken up weapons (armed)
• आत्तायुधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्तायुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुसंक्रुद्धाः: highly enraged
• सुसंक्रुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युयुधानः: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• चिच्छिदुः: they cut down / they pierced and severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• arrows (śara)
• weapons (āyudha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the Kṣatriya ethos in wartime: when confronted by armed and fearsome attackers, trained warriors respond with decisive, skillful force. Ethically, it reflects the grim necessity of action within battle, where courage and competence are demanded even as violence carries moral weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), along with Nakula and Sahadeva, in great anger and fully armed, strike down the opposing fighters using sharp arrows, halting their assault.