Mahabharata 7.92.24 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 92, Shloka 24

द्रोणपर्व — द्विनवति-तमोऽध्यायः

Sātyaki Pressed by Kauravas; Duryodhana and Kṛtavarmā Engagements

Devanagari script

अतिदिद्धाश्न नाराचैर्वमन्तो रुधिरं मुखै: । सारोहा न्‍्यपतन्‌ भूमौ द्रुमवन्‍्त इवाचला:

Transliteration

atidiḍḍhāśnān nārācair vamanto rudhiraṃ mukhaiḥ | sārohā nyapatan bhūmau drumavantā iva acalāḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Sa paulit-ulit na tama ng mga palasong nārāca, maraming elepante na may sakay na mandirigma ang malubhang nasugatan, nagsuka ng dugo mula sa bibig, at bumagsak sa lupa—gaya ng mga bundok na may punò na napabuwal.

Word by Word

• अतिदिद्धाश्नाः: severely wounded
• अतिदिद्धाश्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिदिद्धाश्नु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाराचैः: by iron arrows
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वमन्तः: vomiting
• वमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मुखैः: with (their) mouths
• मुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सारोहाः: with riders / mounted (elephants)
• सारोहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न्यपतन्: fell down
• न्यपतन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• द्रुमवन्तः: tree-covered
• द्रुमवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अचलाः: mountains
• अचलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• nārāca arrows
• elephants
• riders (āroha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the brutal cost of war: even the mightiest war-assets—elephants likened to mountains—are brought down. It implicitly warns that power and grandeur are fragile under violence, inviting reflection on the ethical weight of battlefield action even when framed as kṣatriya duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment in the Drona Parva battle where elephants, struck repeatedly by heavy nārāca arrows, bleed from their mouths and collapse to the ground along with their riders, compared poetically to tree-covered mountains falling.