Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.113.33 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 113, Shloka 33

Adhyāya 113: Karṇa–Bhīma Śaravarṣa and the Battlefield Aftermath (कर्णभीमशरवर्षः)

Devanagari script

दैवं कृतास्त्रतां योगममर्षमपि चाहवे

Transliteration

daivaṃ kṛtāstratāṃ yogam amarṣam api cāhave

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ในศึกนั้น ราวกับเป็นบัญชาของชะตา ความชำนาญแห่งอาวุธ การประสานแห่งยุทธวิธี และความเดือดดาลอันไม่ยอมอ่อนข้อ—ล้วนมาบรรจบพร้อมกัน”

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Word by Word

• दैवम्: fate; divine dispensation
• दैवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतास्त्रताम्: the state/condition of having employed weapons
• कृतास्त्रताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतास्त्रता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• योगम्: union; connection; means/strategy
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमर्षम्: intolerance; wrath
• अमर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, human effort—weapon-skill, planning, and disciplined coordination—intertwines with powerful emotions like wrath, all operating under the shadow of destiny (daiva). It implicitly warns that ethical judgment in battle must account for both deliberate agency and the destabilizing pull of passion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, characterizes the battlefield situation as one where destiny, martial preparedness, tactical alignment, and fierce anger are all simultaneously at play, intensifying the conflict’s momentum.