Shloka 6

द्रोणपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 15): युधिष्ठिर-रक्षा तथा अर्जुनस्य शरवृष्टिः

Devanagari script

सौभद्रो5प्यशनिप्रख्यां प्रगृह्ा महतीं गदाम्‌ । एह्टोहीत्यब्रवीच्छल्यं यत्नाद्‌ भीमेन वारित:

Transliteration

Saubhadro 'py aśaniprakhyāṁ pragṛhya mahatīṁ gadām | eho hīty abravīc chalyaṁ yatnād bhīmena vāritaḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：苏跋陀罗之子阿毗曼纽亦挺身而出，举起一柄巨大的钉锤，宛如霹雳雷霆。他高呼“来！来！”，向沙利耶发起挑战。然而毗摩塞那费尽力气将他按住——昭示即便在战火狂怒之中，勇武也须受纪律与有序交战之法所统摄。

Word by Word

• सौभद्रः: the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र (अभिमन्यु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अशनिप्रख्याम्: thunderbolt-like
• अशनिप्रख्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशनि-प्रख्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• महतīm: great, huge
• महतīm: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एहि: come!
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एहि: come!
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शल्यं: Śalya
• शल्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्नात्: with effort, strenuously
• यत्नात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भीमेन: by Bhīma
• भीमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वारितः: restrained/held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारित (√वार्/√वृ—‘to restrain’, caus./pass.)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu (Saubhadra)
• Subhadrā
• Śalya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Heroism in dharmic warfare is not mere aggression; it must be governed by restraint and proper order. Bhīma’s preventing Abhimanyu highlights that even righteous courage should submit to discipline, strategy, and the ethics of engagement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Abhimanyu advances with a huge mace, taunts and challenges Śalya to fight, but Bhīma forcibly holds him back, preventing an immediate clash.