Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.116.60 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 60

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम हार्दिक्यस्य पराक्रमम्‌ । यदेनं सहिता: पार्था नातिचक्रमुराहवे,वहाँ हमने कृतवर्माका अद्भुत पराक्रम देखा। सारे पाण्डव एक साथ मिलकर भी समरांगणमें उसे लाँधच न सके

Transliteration

tatrādbhutam apaśyāma hārdikyasya parākramam | yad enaṃ sahitāḥ pārthā nāticakramur āhave ||

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นเราได้ประจักษ์วีรานุภาพอันน่าอัศจรรย์ของหารถิกยะ (กฤตวรรมะ) — แม้เหล่าปารถะจะรวมกำลังพร้อมกัน ก็ยังไม่อาจฝ่าข้ามเขาได้ในสนามรบ

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, marvelous (thing)
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्याम: we saw
• अपश्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 1st, Plural

• हार्दिक्यस्य: of Hārdikya (Kṛtavarman)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हार्दिक्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पराक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• पराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: inasmuch as / that (relative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सहिताḥ: together, united
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थाः: the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā; the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अतिचक्रमुः: they overstepped / surpassed / crossed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Hārdikya (Kṛtavarman)
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that in war, outcomes are shaped not only by numbers or collective strength but by individual excellence, training, and steadfastness. It also reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring realism: moral alignment does not automatically translate into tactical superiority on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛtavarman (Hārdikya) displayed extraordinary valor. Even when the Pāṇḍavas acted together, they were unable to break past him in combat, indicating his effectiveness in holding a position or resisting their combined assault.