Mahabharata 7.159.10 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 159, Shloka 10

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

युगपत्‌ पेततुर्वीरे घोरौ परिघमार्गणीौ

Transliteration

yugapat petatur vīre ghorau parighamārgaṇī

Translation

اسی لمحے اس بہادر پر ہولناک لوہے کا ڈنڈا اور تیر—دونوں ایک ساتھ آ گرے۔

Word by Word

• युगपत्: simultaneously, at the same time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• पेततुः: fell (the two fell)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

• वीरे: in/among the two heroes
• वीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन

• घोरौ: terrible (two)
• घोरौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• परिघ: iron club, bludgeon
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (पूर्वपद as compound-member)

• मार्गणी: missiles/projectiles (two)
• मार्गणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गणिन्/मार्गणी (मार्गणि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vīra (an unnamed hero)
• parigha (iron club)
• mārgaṇī (missile/arrow)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the harsh simultaneity of battlefield consequences: in war, destructive forces can converge at once, reminding readers of the grave ethical weight of violence and the precariousness of life even for the brave.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that two fearsome weapons—a heavy iron club and a missile—strike/fall simultaneously upon a hero, intensifying the scene’s urgency and danger.