Mahabharata — Drona Parva, Shloka 33

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

तेषामासीद्‌ व्यतिक्षेपौ गर्जतामितरेतरम्‌

Transliteration

teṣām āsīd vyatikṣepo garjatām itaretaram

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—ان کے درمیان ایک ہولناک گتھم گتھا اور ٹکراؤ برپا ہوا، جب وہ ایک دوسرے پر گرجتے تھے؛ میدانِ جنگ کے شور میں ہر فریق دوسرے کی للکار کا جواب للکار سے دیتا ہوا بھِڑتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आसीत्: was/occurred
• आसीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• व्यतिक्षेपः: mutual crossing/encounter; interchange (of roars)
• व्यतिक्षेपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतिक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गर्जताम्: of (those) roaring
• गर्जताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इतरेतरम्: one another; mutually
• इतरेतरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतरेतर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked martial fury and mutual provocation intensify conflict: roaring challenges lead to close, chaotic clashes. Implicitly, it contrasts the warrior code’s valor with the moral cost of escalating hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield moment when opposing warriors surge into one another in close quarters. Their loud war-cries and mutual taunts culminate in a direct, tangled engagement.