Shloka 7

Droṇa–Arjuna Yuddha; Trigarta-Āvaraṇa; Bhīmasena Gajānīka-bheda

Droṇa and Arjuna Engage; Trigarta Containment; Bhīma Breaks the Elephant Corps

Devanagari script

तन्मे दहति गात्राणि शुष्कवृक्षमिवानल: । यदिच्छामि महाभाग त्वत्प्रसादात्‌ परंतप

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

anme dahati gātrāṇi śuṣkavṛkṣam ivānalaḥ |

yad icchāmi mahābhāga tvatprasādāt paraṃtapa |

kathayāmāsa durdharṣo viniḥśvasya punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “โอ้ท่านผู้มีบุญญาธิการ! ความอัปยศนี้เผาผลาญกายของข้าพระองค์ดุจไฟเผาต้นไม้แห้ง โอ้ผู้เผาผลาญศัตรู! ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่าน ข้าพระองค์ปรารถนาจะให้ความมุ่งหมายสำเร็จ” ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้ ทุรโยธนะผู้ยากจะปราบก็ถอนใจยาวครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า เผยความขมขื่นแห่งความพ่ายแพ้และความโกรธที่เกิดจากเกียรติยศถูกย่ำยี

Word by Word

• tat: that (thing/this)
• tat: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• me: of me / my
• me: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• dahati: burns
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• gātrāṇi: limbs
• gātrāṇi: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• śuṣka-vṛkṣam: a dry tree
• śuṣka-vṛkṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuṣka + vṛkṣa
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• iva: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva

• analaḥ: fire
• analaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: anala
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• icchāmi: I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• mahā-bhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāga: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• tvat-prasādāt: by/through your favor
• tvat-prasādāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad + prasāda
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• param-tapa: O scorcher of foes
• param-tapa: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: param + tapa
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• kathayāmāsa: told / related
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• durdharṣaḥ: hard to assail
• durdharṣaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur-dharṣa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• viniḥśvasya: having sighed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-śvas (vi + ni + √śvas)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• punaḥ: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ

• punaḥ: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Bhīṣma (Gaṅgānandana, Pitāmaha)
• Ghaṭotkaca (implied by the accompanying narrative context)
• Rākṣasa (the demon/opponent, implied by the accompanying narrative context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked wounded pride and obsession with honor can ‘burn’ a person from within, pushing them toward further aggression; it also shows the ethical risk of seeking authority/elder support to validate retaliatory impulses rather than self-restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana, distressed by defeat and insult, repeatedly sighing, approaches Bhīṣma and expresses that the humiliation burns him like fire; he asks for Bhīṣma’s favor/support to regain victory and restore his standing.