Mahabharata 7.149.273 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 149, Shloka 273

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

सैन्धवं निहतं दृष्टवा राधेय: समुपाद्रवत्‌ । सव्यसाची अर्जुन कृपाचार्यके लिये विलाप कर ही रहे थे कि सिंधुराजको मारा गया देख राधानन्दन कर्णने उनपर धावा कर दिया

Transliteration

saindhavaṁ nihataṁ dṛṣṭvā rādheyaḥ samupādravat |

Translation

سنجے نے کہا— سَیندھو (سندھ کے راجا) کو مقتول دیکھ کر رادھیہ کرن لپکا۔ سَویَساچی ارجن ابھی کرپ آچاریہ کے لیے نوحہ ہی کر رہے تھے کہ جےدرَتھ کے مارے جانے کو دیکھ کر رادھانندن کرن ان پر ٹوٹ پڑا۔

Word by Word

• सैन्धवम्: the Saindhava (king of Sindhu)
• सैन्धवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निहतम्: slain
• निहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• राधेयः: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समुपाद्रवत्: rushed upon / charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saindhava (Jayadratha, Sindhu-rāja)
• Rādheya (Karna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how quickly sorrow and shock in war can harden into retaliatory action. It implicitly questions the ethical cost of a battlefield culture where loyalty and vengeance compel immediate violence, even when grief is still fresh.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Jayadratha (the Sindhu king) is killed, Karna sees the fall and immediately charges forward to attack, escalating the conflict at a critical moment in the Drona Parva battle sequence.