Mahabharata 7.39.29 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 29

अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्

Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley

Devanagari script

दुःशासनस्तु संक्रुद्धः प्रभिन्न इव कुड्जर: । अयोधयत सौभद्रमभिमन्युश्न तं रणे,मदकी धारा बहानेवाले गजराजके समान क्रोधमें भरा हुआ दुःशासन उस रफक्षेत्रमें अभिमन्युसे और अभिमन्यु दुःशासनसे युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

duḥśāsanas tu saṅkruddhaḥ prabhinna iva kuñjaraḥ |

ayodhayat saubhadram abhimanyunā taṃ raṇe ||

Translation

ทุศศาสนะเดือดดาลดุจช้างตกมัน เข้าประจัญบานกับเสาบัทร (อภิมันยุ) ในสมรภูมิ ณ ที่นั้นในท้องทุ่งรบ อภิมันยุและทุศศาสนะต่อสู้กันอย่างดุเดือด

Word by Word

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभिन्नः: in rut/maddened (as an elephant)
• प्रभिन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभिन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• कुञ्जरः: elephant
• कुञ्जरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयोधयत्: made (him) fight / fought against
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Causative (ṇic), Parasmaipada

• सौभद्रम्: the son of Subhadra (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तम्: him (Duhshasana)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Abhimanyu (Saubhadra)
• raṇa (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) propels a person into destructive action. Even amid martial valor, rage is portrayed as a force that clouds judgment and deepens the ethical degradation of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duḥśāsana, furious and compared to a rut-maddened elephant, directly engages Abhimanyu (Saubhadra) in combat; the two fight each other on the battlefield during the Drona Parva sequence.