Mahabharata 7.201.6 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ सम्पश्यतस्तस्य द्रावयिष्यामि वाहिनीम्‌ । विद्राव्य सर्वान्‌ हन्तास्मि जाल्मं पाउ्चाल्यमेव तु

Transliteration

tasmāt sampaśyatastasya drāvayiṣyāmi vāhinīm | vidrāvya sarvān hantāsmi jālmaṃ pāñcālyam eva tu ||

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น ต่อหน้าต่อตาเขาเอง เราจักขับไล่กองทัพของเขาให้แตกพ่าย ครั้นทำให้ไพร่พลทั้งปวงกระจัดกระจายแล้ว จักสังหารปัญจาลผู้อัปยศนั้นแต่ผู้เดียว

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• सम्पश्यतः: of (him) while looking on/observing
• सम्पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √पश्
• Form: present active participle, masculine, genitive, singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• द्रावयिष्यामि: I will cause to flee/drive away
• द्रावयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √द्रु (द्रवति) (causative: द्रावयति)
• Form: simple future (causative), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• वाहिनीम्: the army
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• विद्राव्य: having routed/driven away
• विद्राव्य: Karna
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, ल्यप्), active

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• हन्तास्मि: I will slay / I slay
• हन्तास्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् + अस्मि
• Form: present indicative, 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• जाल्मम्: the vile/wicked (one)
• जाल्मम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाल्म
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पाञ्चाल्यम्: the Panchala prince (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पाञ्चाल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vāhinī (army)
• Pāñcālya (the Pañcāla prince/leader)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how the warrior ethos can slide from legitimate combat aims (routing an army) into ethically troubling motives—contempt, personal vendetta, and the desire to disgrace an opponent publicly. It invites reflection on restraint (maryādā) even within dharma-yuddha ideals.

What is happening in the narrative?

A combatant declares an intention to rout the opposing host while its leader watches, and then to kill the Pañcāla leader specifically. The focus is on tactical dominance coupled with a personal, insulting targeting of the enemy commander.