Mahabharata 7.136.313 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 136, Shloka 313

Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption

Devanagari script

सुस्राव रुधिरं भूरि पर्वतः सलिलं यथा । मर्मभेदी नाराचोंसे रणक्षेत्रमें विदीर्ण हुए भीमसेन उसी प्रकार भूरि-भूरि रक्त बहाने लगे, जैसे पर्वत झरनेका जल गिराता है

Transliteration

susrāva rudhiraṃ bhūri parvataḥ salilaṃ yathā |

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ภีมเสนผู้ถูกศรนาราจเจาะมรรมหัวใจจนฉีกขาดในสนามรบ มีโลหิตไหลออกมาอย่างมหาศาล ดุจภูผาหลั่งสายน้ำเป็นธาร

Word by Word

• सुस्राव: flowed out, streamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भूरि: much, abundantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि

• पर्वतः: a mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• battlefield (raṇakṣetra)
• nārāca (iron arrow/dart; implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a stark simile—blood streaming like mountain water—to highlight the terrible reality of war: even the mightiest warrior is physically vulnerable. It implicitly warns that dharma in battle carries grave human cost, and that heroism does not erase suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Bhīmasena on the battlefield after being struck and torn by a vital-piercing iron arrow. Despite the grievous wound, blood pours from him in torrents, emphasizing the intensity of the fighting and the severity of his injury.