Shloka 36

Devanagari script

शरजालेन महता विद्ध्वा माधवपाण्डवौ । ननाद मुदितो द्रौणिर्महामेघौधनि:स्वनम्‌

Transliteration

śarajālena mahatā viddhvā mādhava-pāṇḍavau | nanāda mudito drauṇir mahāmeghaudhaniḥsvanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Sau khi dùng một tấm lưới tên khổng lồ bắn xuyên Mādhava và người Pāṇḍava, con trai của Droṇa hớn hở gầm vang, tiếng như sấm dậy của một khối mây mưa lớn.

Word by Word

• शरजालेन: with a net/mass of arrows
• शरजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, huge
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• माधव: Mādhava (Krishna)
• माधव: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवौ: the two Pāṇḍavas (the two sons of Pāṇḍu)
• पाण्डवौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• ननाद: roared, sounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मुदितः: delighted, joyful
• मुदितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौणिः: Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामेघौघनिःस्वनम्: a sound like the roar of a mass of great clouds
• महामेघौघनिःस्वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामेघौघनिःस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna / the Pāṇḍava warrior on Kṛṣṇa’s chariot)
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)
• net of arrows (śarajāla)
• great rain-clouds (mahāmegha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral tension of war: tactical success can produce exhilaration and boastful display, yet such exultation is ethically ambiguous. It invites reflection on self-mastery—how a warrior’s emotions (pride, triumph) can eclipse discernment about dharma and the human cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi), after striking Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) and the Pāṇḍava warrior on the chariot with a dense barrage of arrows, becomes delighted and lets out a thunderous roar, likened to the rumbling of great rain-clouds.