Mahabharata 7.7.403 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 7, Shloka 403

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

उत्पाता युधि वीराणां जीवितक्षयकारिण: । ये तथा और भी बहुत-से भयंकर उत्पात प्रकट हुए, जो युद्धमें वीरोंकी जीवन-लीलाके विनाशकी सूचना देनेवाले थे

Transliteration

utpātā yudhi vīrāṇāṁ jīvitakṣayakāriṇaḥ | ye tathā, anye 'pi bahavaḥ bhayaṅkarā utpātāḥ prakaṭā abhavan, ye yuddhe vīrāṇāṁ jīvanalīlāvināśasya sūcanā-dāyakāḥ āsan |

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า: ในสนามรบได้ปรากฏลางร้ายอันเป็นเหตุให้ชีวิตของวีรชนร่อยหรอ และยังมีอัปมงคลอันน่าสะพรึงอีกมากมายบังเกิดขึ้น เป็นสัญญาณบอกเหตุแห่งความพินาศของลมหายใจวีรบุรุษในศึก

Word by Word

• उत्पाताः: portents, omens
• उत्पाताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वीराणाम्: of heroes/warriors
• वीराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• जीवितक्षयकारिणः: causing the destruction of life
• जीवितक्षयकारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवित-क्षय-कारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (vīrāḥ)
• battle/war (yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how adharma-laden conflict is accompanied by ominous signs: war’s momentum toward mass death is portrayed as ethically weighty, where human choices invite catastrophic consequences that seem mirrored by nature’s portents.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that terrifying omens appeared on the battlefield, specifically indicating imminent loss of life among the warriors—setting a foreboding tone for the violence about to unfold.