Mahabharata 7.149.30 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 149, Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

एष प्रयात्याधिरथि: सात्यके: स्यन्दनं प्रति

Transliteration

eṣa prayāty ādhirathiḥ sātyakeḥ syandanaṃ prati

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—دیکھو، یہ عظیم رتھی ساتیہ کی کے رتھ کی طرف بڑھ رہا ہے۔

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयाति: goes forth / advances
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (प्र + या)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अधिरथिः: a great chariot-warrior
• अधिरथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिरथि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सात्यकेः: of Sātyaki
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्यन्दनम्: chariot
• स्यन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्यन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• syandana (chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of deliberate engagement: a warrior’s advance is purposeful, directed toward a chosen opponent. In the Mahābhārata’s war context, such moments underscore kṣatriya-dharma—courage and resolve—while also reminding that each aggressive step carries moral weight and consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a prominent chariot-warrior is moving toward Sātyaki’s chariot, indicating an imminent confrontation focused on Sātyaki as the target.