Shloka 37

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार बाणोंके महान्‌ समुदायसे श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनको घायल करके आनन्दित हुआ द्रोणकुमार महान्‌ मेघोंके गम्भीर घोषके समान गर्जना करने लगा ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

iti prakāraṃ bāṇānāṃ mahān samūhaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ cārjunaṃ ca ghātayitvā ānandito droṇakumāro mahāmeghānāṃ gambhīraghoṣa iva garjitum ārabdhavān ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: “Thế rồi, sau khi dùng một khối tên dày đặc cuồn cuộn bắn trúng khiến cả Śrī Kṛṣṇa và Arjuna bị thương, con trai của Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā) hân hoan đắc thắng. Tựa mây giông sấm dội trầm hùng, hắn gầm vang giữa chiến địa.”

Word by Word

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• पतद्भिः: falling
• पतद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतत् (पत् धातु)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्रौणि: Drona’s son (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुक्तैः: released, shot
• मुक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (मुच् धातु)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• संछादितौ: covered, concealed
• संछादितौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संछादित (छद् धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• रथस्थौ: standing in the chariot
• रथस्थौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• कृष्ण: Krishna
• कृष्ण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• धनंजयौ: Arjuna (Dhananjaya) (as one of the two)
• धनंजयौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• Droṇakumāra (Aśvatthāmā)
• arrows (bāṇāḥ)
• storm-clouds (mahāmeghāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how victory in war can breed exhilaration and pride even against revered opponents; it hints that ethical steadiness (dharma) is tested not only by defeat but also by success, which can inflame arrogance and cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Aśvatthāmā, Droṇa’s son, showers Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna with a dense barrage of arrows, wounds them, and then—thrilled by this feat—lets out a thunderous roar likened to the rumbling of storm-clouds.