Mahabharata 7.201.45 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

न कथंचन शस्त्राणि मोक्तव्यानीह केनचित्‌ । अहमावारयिष्यामि द्रोणपुत्रास्त्रमाशुगै:

Transliteration

na kathaṃcana śastrāṇi moktavyānīha kenacit | aham āvārayiṣyāmi droṇaputrāstram āśugaiḥ ||

Translation

ไม่ว่าอย่างไร ที่นี่ไม่มีผู้ใดควรวางศัสตรา ข้าจักใช้อศรอันรวดเร็วของข้าโต้ต้านอาวุธทิพย์ของบุตรทโรวณะ

Word by Word

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

• कथंचन: in any way; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथं + चन

• शस्त्राणि: weapons
• शस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• मोक्तव्यानि: to be released/laid down; should be abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुक्तव्य (√मुच्)
• Form: gerundive (tavya), passive sense, neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• केनचित्: by anyone
• केनचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• आवारयिष्यामि: I will ward off / prevent
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √वृ (वारयति)
• Form: lṛṭ (simple future), parasmaipada, 1st, singular

• द्रोणपुत्र: of Droṇa's son (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रोणपुत्र: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण + पुत्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अस्त्रम्: missile/weapon (astra)
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आशुगैः: with swift (arrows)
• आशुगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुग
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāmā)
• śastra (weapons)
• astra (missile/weapon)
• āśuga (swift arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse asserts a battlefield ethic aligned with kṣatriya-dharma: one should not abandon arms out of fear or confusion, and threats—especially formidable astras—must be met with steadiness and skill rather than surrender.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a tense moment where Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāmā) is associated with deploying a powerful weapon; Sañjaya declares that no fighter should drop his weapons and that he will attempt to neutralize Aśvatthāmā’s astra using swift arrows.