Mahabharata 7.102.22 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 102, Shloka 22

धर्मराजस्य चिन्ता, भीमसेनप्रेषणम्, द्रोणानीकप्रवेशप्रयत्नः

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Anxiety and the Dispatch of Bhīma; Attempted Breakthrough into Droṇa’s Formation

Devanagari script

क्रोशतां यतमानानामसंसक्तौ परंतपौ | दर्शयित्वा$5त्मनो वीर्य प्रयातौ सर्वराजसु

Transliteration

krośatāṁ yatamānānām asaṁsaktau parantapau | darśayitvātmanaḥ vīryaṁ prayātau sarvarājasu ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “แม้เราจะตะโกนก้องและพยายามสกัดไว้ ก็หาอาจหยุดเขาทั้งสองได้ไม่ พระกฤษณะและอรชุน ผู้สวมเกราะและเป็นผู้เผาผลาญศัตรู แสดงเดชานุภาพท่ามกลางหมู่พระราชาทั้งหลาย แล้วเมินเฉยต่อกำลังของเรา ขับรถศึกคันเดียวแล่นผ่านไปโดยไร้ผู้ขวาง—ดุจเด็กน้อยลื่นไหลไปขณะเล่นของเล่น”

Word by Word

• क्रोशताम्: of (us) shouting/crying out
• क्रोशताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle) genitive plural

• यतमानानाम्: of (us) striving/endeavouring
• यतमानानाम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural, शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present middle participle)

• असंसक्तौ: the two unattached/unstuck (unhindered)
• असंसक्तौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंसक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• परंतपौ: the two 'foe-tormenters' (Krishna and Arjuna)
• परंतपौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• दर्शयित्वा: having shown
• दर्शयित्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• आत्मनः: of themselves / their own
• आत्मनः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वीर्यम्: prowess, valor
• वीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयातौ: went forth / proceeded
• प्रयातौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used predicatively)

• सर्वराजसु: among all the kings
• सर्वराजसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वराज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• kṣatriyas
• assembly of kings (sarvarājas)
• single chariot (eka-ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Collective might and loud resistance can fail before disciplined prowess and clear purpose; when leadership is aligned with higher guidance (here, Kṛṣṇa as charioteer) and skill (Arjuna), opposition becomes ineffective, revealing the moral and strategic weakness of a disordered host.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Kaurava-side warriors tried to stop Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, shouting and struggling, but the pair remained unimpeded and advanced through the gathered kings in a single chariot, openly demonstrating their valor and passing on without being checked.