Mahabharata 7.149.296 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 149, Shloka 296

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

प्रहसन्‌ देवकीपुत्रमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्‌ । राधापुत्रको अपने समीप आते देख महारथी कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनने देवकीनन्दन श्रीकृष्णसे हँसते हुए कहा--

Transliteration

prahasan devakīputram idaṃ vacanam abravīt | rādhāputrako 'pane samīpa āte dekhā mahārathī kuntīkumāra arjunane devakīnandana śrīkṛṣṇase haṃsate hue kahā—

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ngumiti si Arjuna—ang dakilang mandirigmang nakasakay sa karwahe, anak ni Kuntī—at nagsalita kay Śrī Kṛṣṇa, anak ni Devakī, ng mga salitang ito, nang makita niyang papalapit si Karna, anak ni Rādhā.”

Word by Word

• प्रहसन्: smiling, laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवकीपुत्रम्: Devakī's son (Kṛṣṇa)
• देवकीपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकीपुत्र
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Karna (Rādhā’s son)
• Devakī
• Kuntī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even at a moment of imminent danger, the warrior’s ethical strength is shown through steadiness and clear-minded reliance on wise counsel. Arjuna’s smile suggests inner control (self-mastery) and trust in Kṛṣṇa’s guidance while facing a powerful opponent.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna, seeing Karṇa approaching, turns to his charioteer Kṛṣṇa and begins to speak. The verse sets up the next speech: a tactical and moral exchange before a critical confrontation in the Drona Parva battle.