Shloka 31

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

स्वानन्यो5थ परानन्यो जघान निशितै: शरै: | गिरिशृड्रोपमश्चात्र नाराचेन निपातित:

Transliteration

svān anyo 'tha parān anyo jaghāna niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | giriśṛṅgopamaś cātra nārācena nipātitaḥ ||

Translation

అనంతరం అతడు పదునైన బాణములతో తన శత్రువులను, అలాగే ఇతరుల శత్రువులను కూడా సంహరించుచు పోయెను. అక్కడ పర్వతశిఖరమువలె నిలిచినవాడు ఒకడు నారాచ బాణముచే నేలకూలెను.

Word by Word

• स्वानन्यः: not sparing his own (men)
• स्वानन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व + अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• परानन्यः: not sparing others (the enemy)
• परानन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर + अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जघान: slew/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

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

• गिरिशृङ्गोपमः: like a mountain-peak
• गिरिशृङ्गोपमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गिरि-शृङ्ग-उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अत्र: here/in this battle
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• नाराचेन: with an iron arrow (nārāca)
• नाराचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निपातितः: was felled/caused to fall
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु) → निपातित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śara (arrows)
• nārāca (iron arrow/bolt)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the fragility of worldly might: even one who appears unshakable like a mountain peak can be brought down swiftly. In the ethical frame of the epic, it cautions against pride in strength and highlights how skill, circumstance, and destiny operate amid the harsh demands of kṣatriya warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior rapidly engaging multiple opponents—first his own adversaries and then those threatening others—using sharp arrows. In the same scene, a formidable fighter, compared to a mountain peak, is struck down by a heavy nārāca arrow.