Mahabharata 7.183.8 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 183, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

जरासंधो हि रुषितो रौहिणेयप्रधर्षित: । अस्मद्वधार्थ चिक्षेप गदां वै सर्वधातिनीम्‌

Transliteration

jarāsaṃdho hi ruṣito rauhiṇeyapradarṣitaḥ | asmad-vadhārthaṃ cikṣepa gadāṃ vai sarvadhātinīm ||

Translation

伐由说道：“阇罗三陀因被罗希尼之子（婆罗罗摩）在战中羞辱而怒火中烧，便为求毁灭我等，掷出他的巨槌——那确是一件令万物尽亡的凶器。”

Word by Word

• जरासंधः: Jarasandha
• जरासंधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासंध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• रुषितः: angered
• रुषितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुषित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रौहिणेय-प्रधर्षितः: overpowered/assailed by Rauhiṇeya (Balarama)
• रौहिणेय-प्रधर्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौहिणेयप्रधर्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मद्-वध-अर्थम्: for the purpose of killing us
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्वधार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चिक्षेप: he hurled/threw
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• वै: indeed/assuredly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सर्वधातिनीम्: all-destroying
• सर्वधातिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधातिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Jarāsandha
• Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma)
• gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how humiliation and anger can escalate into indiscriminate violence: Jarāsandha’s wounded pride turns into a resolve to kill, symbolized by the ‘all-destroying’ mace. Ethically, it warns that unchecked wrath (krodha) leads to destructive, adharma-leaning action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu recounts an earlier incident: after Balarāma (Rauhiṇeya) defeats and humiliates Jarāsandha in battle, Jarāsandha, furious, throws his deadly mace with the intention of killing ‘us’ (the group aligned with the speaker’s side).