Mahabharata 7.119.36 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 119, Shloka 36

Śaineya–Bhūriśravas: Genealogy, Svayaṃvara Contest, and the Maheśvara Boon

Devanagari script

निवार्य पाण्डुपञज्चालान्‌ द्रोणाग्नि: प्रदहन्निव । तस्थौ क्रोधेध्मसंदीप्त: कालसूर्य इवोद्यत:

Transliteration

nivārya pāṇḍupañcālān droṇāgniḥ pradahann iva | tasthau krodhedhma-saṃdīptaḥ kāla-sūrya ivodyataḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—پانڈوؤں اور پانچالوں کو روک کر درون آگ کی مانند یوں کھڑا ہوا گویا سب کو جلا ڈالے گا۔ غضب کے ایندھن سے بھڑک کر وہ قیامت کے وقت کے سورج کی طرح روشن ہو اٹھا۔

Word by Word

• निवार्य: having restrained / after stopping
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• पाण्डु-पञ्चालान्: the Pāṇḍavas and the Pāñcālas
• पाण्डु-पञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु + पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोण-अग्निः: Drona (as) fire / the fire that is Drona
• द्रोण-अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण + अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रदहन्: burning
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दह् (दह् भस्मीकरणे)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), कर्तरि, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तस्थौ: stood / remained
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था गतिनिवृत्तौ)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रोध-इध्म-संदीप्तः: blazing, kindled by the fuel of anger
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + इध्म + संदीप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काल-सूर्यः: the sun at the time of dissolution (doomsday sun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उद्यतः: risen / uplifted / appearing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-√यम् (यम् उपरमे/उद्यमने)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pañcālas
• kāla-sūrya (end-time sun/pralaya imagery)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (wrath): when anger becomes the ‘fuel’ for action, even legitimate martial prowess can turn destructive and indiscriminate, resembling a force of cosmic devastation rather than disciplined duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Droṇa halting the advance of the Pāṇḍavas and their Pañcāla allies. Droṇa stands in the battlefield like a blazing fire, appearing ready to burn down opposing ranks, his power intensified by anger and compared to the end-time sun.