Mahabharata 7.186.30 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 186, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

चुक्ुशु: कर्ण कर्णेति तथा दुर्योधनेति च । उपारमत पाण्डूनां विरता हि वरूथिनी

Transliteration

cukruśuḥ karṇa karṇeti tathā duryodhaneti ca | upāramata pāṇḍūnāṃ viratā hi varūthinī ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: Họ gào lớn: “Karṇa! Karṇa!” và cả: “Ôi vua Duryodhana!” Rồi họ hô vang: “Hãy ngừng giao chiến, vì đạo quân Pāṇḍava đã rút khỏi trận mạc.”

Word by Word

• चुक्रुशुः: they cried out
• चुक्रुशुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• दुर्योधन: O Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• उपारमत: ceased / came to a halt
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-रम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• पाण्डूनाम्: of the Pandus / of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• विरताः: ceased, withdrawn (from fighting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि-रम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)

• वरूथिनी: the army, host
• वरूथिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूथिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kaurava army (implied by the callers)
• Varūthinī (army/host)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war’s momentum, a perceived withdrawal prompts a call to stop—highlighting how restraint, timing, and the recognition of a pause in violence can momentarily surface ethical awareness and strategic recalibration.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaurava soldiers (as reported by Sañjaya) loudly call out to Karṇa and King Duryodhana, urging them to halt the battle because the Pāṇḍava forces are said to have ceased fighting/withdrawn.