Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततो रथं समारोप्य कैकेयस्य वृकोदरम्‌ । अभ्यधावत्‌ सुसंक्रुद्धो द्रोणमिष्वस्त्रपारगम्‌,फिर भीमसेनको केकयके रथपर बिठाकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए धृष्टद्युम्नने अस्त्रविद्याके पारगामी विद्वान द्रोणाचार्यपर धावा किया

Transliteration

tato rathaṃ samāropya kaikeyasya vṛkodaram | abhyadhāvat susaṃkruddho droṇam iṣv-astrapāragam ||

Translation

Sanjaya nói: Rồi ông cho Bhīma—Vṛkodara—lên cỗ xe của hoàng tử Kaikeya; và Dhrishtadyumna, ngùn ngụt phẫn nộ, lao thẳng vào Droṇa, bậc đã vượt đến bờ kia của thuật cung tên và binh khí.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• समारोप्य: having mounted/placed (someone) onto
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• कैकेयस्य: of the Kaikeya (king/warrior)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैकेय
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• वृकोदरम्: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• वृकोदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अभ्यधावत्: rushed/charged towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), third, singular, parasmaipada

• सुसंक्रुद्धः: highly enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंक्रुद्ध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्रोणम्: Droṇa
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इष्वस्त्रपारगम्: one who has mastered missile-weapons
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्वस्त्रपारग
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhima (Vrikodara/Bhimasena)
• Kaikeya (prince/people; chariot of the Kaikeya)
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Drona (Dronacharya)
• chariot
• arrows
• weapons (astra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare tests dharma through a mix of strategy and emotion: even when facing a revered master like Droṇa, warriors act under the demands of duty and battlefield necessity, yet anger (krodha) can intensify and endanger right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhrishtadyumna places Bhima (Vṛkodara) on the Kaikeya chariot and, in great anger, charges toward Droṇa, who is described as a consummate expert in archery and weapon-science.