Mahabharata 7.105.21 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 105, Shloka 21

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच एवमुक्त्वार्जुनो बाणमभिमन्त्रय व्यकर्षयत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca evam uktvārjuno bāṇam abhimantrya vyakarṣayat

Translation

سنجے نے کہا— یوں کہہ کر ارجن نے منتر سے تیر کو مقدس کیا اور اسے کھینچ لیا۔

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), क्त्वा

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्त्रय: having enchanted/consecrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-मन्त्रय्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), ल्यप् (य), abhi-mantrayitvā/abhi-mantrya: 'having consecrated/enchanted'

• व्यकर्षयत्: drew (back)/pulled
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-कृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• arrow (bāṇa)
• mantra (implied by abhimantrya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in battle, action is portrayed as disciplined and value-governed: Arjuna does not act rashly but prepares with focused intent, invoking mantra as a sign of inner steadiness and the traditional alignment of martial force with sacred order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna, after making a statement in the preceding context, ritually empowers his arrow and draws it back, indicating he is about to release a decisive shot.