Shloka 11

Devanagari script

द्रौणिमुक्तान्‌ शरांस्तांस्तु तद्‌ भूतं॑ महदग्रसत्‌ । उदधेरिव वार्योघान्‌ पावको वडवामुख:,परंतु जैसे बडवानल समुद्रकी जलराशिको पी जाता है, उसी प्रकार उस महाभूतने अश्व॒ृत्थामाके छोड़े हुए सारे बाणोंको अपना ग्रास बना लिया

Transliteration

drauṇimuktān śarāṁs tāṁs tu tad bhūtaṁ mahad agrasat | udadher iva vāryoghān pāvako vaḍavāmukhaḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: Nilamon ng makapangyarihang puwersang iyon ang lahat ng palasong pinakawalan ng anak ni Droṇa. Gaya ng apoy sa kailaliman ng dagat (vaḍavānala) na umiinom sa rumaragasang tubig ng karagatan, gayon din nilamon ng dakilang kapangyarihang iyon ang mga sandata ni Aśvatthāmā.

Word by Word

द्रौणि-मुक्तान्released by Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)

शरान्arrows

तान्those

तुbut/indeed

तत्that (entity)

भूतम्elemental being / great element

महत्great

अग्रसत्swallowed/devoured

उदधेःof the ocean

इवlike/as

वारि-ओघान्masses/streams of water

पावकःfire

वडवा-मुखःthe mare-faced (submarine) fire

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)

arrows (śara)

mahābhūta / great elemental force (tad bhūtam mahat)

ocean (udadhi)

submarine fire (vaḍavāmukha / vaḍavānala)

fire (pāvaka)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that human aggression and even formidable weapons are not absolute; a greater elemental/cosmic power can neutralize them. It frames violence as ultimately bounded by a higher order that can impose restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi) releases a volley of arrows, but a mighty elemental force appears and consumes them all, compared to the submarine fire that drinks the ocean’s waters.