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Mahabharata · 7.79.16–17
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Devanāgarī
महारथसमाख्याता दुर्योधनहितैषिणः ॥
अमृष्यमाणास् तं शब्दं क्रुद्धाः परमधन्विनः ॥
नानादेश्या महीपालाः स्वसैन्यपरिरक्षिणः ॥
अमर्षिता महाशङ्खान् दध्मुर् वीरा महारथाः ॥
कृते प्रतिकरिष्यन्तः केशवस्यार्जुनस्य च ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mahārathasamākhyātā duryodhanahitaiṣiṇaḥ ||
amṛṣyamāṇās taṃ śabdaṃ kruddhāḥ paramadhanvinaḥ ||
nānādeśyā mahīpālāḥ svasainyaparirakṣiṇaḥ ||
amarṣitā mahāśaṅkhān dadhmur vīrā mahārathāḥ ||
kṛte pratikariṣyantaḥ keśavasyārjunasya ca ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
महारथसमाख्याताःmahārathasamākhyātāḥrenowned as great warriors; called maharathas
दुर्योधनहितैषिणःduryodhanahitaiṣiṇaḥwishing good for Duryodhana; caring for Duryodhana's welfare
अमृष्यमाणाः तम् शब्दम्amṛṣyamāṇāḥ tam śabdamunable to bear that sound; not enduring that voice
क्रुद्धाः परमधन्विनःkruddhāḥ paramadhanvinaḥenraged, the foremost archers; furious, the finest bowmen
अमर्षिताः महाशङ्खान्amarṣitāḥ mahāśaṅkhānvexed, [they seized] great conches; indignant, huge conches
दध्मुः वीराः महारथाःdadhmuḥ vīrāḥ mahārathāḥblew them, hero-warriors; blew them, hero-maharathas
कृते प्रतिकरिष्यन्तःkṛte pratikariṣyantaḥanswering the deed [in kind]; intending to repay what had been done
केशवस्य अर्जुनस्य चkeśavasya arjunasya caof Keshava and Arjuna; to Keshava and Arjuna
Translation
Renowned as great warriors, wishing good for Duryodhana, unable to bear that sound, enraged, the foremost archers -- vexed, those hero-maharathas blew their great conches, answering in kind the deed of Keshava and Arjuna.
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1614e2cbfd9d · published Jul 19, 2026, 3:52:56 PM UTC
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The answering blast of conches is born not of strength but of "amṛṣyamāṇāḥ… amarṣitāḥ", impatience and vexation: wounded pride rushes to "pratikariṣyantaḥ", repay. It is telling that what moves them is not a righteous cause but injury at the enemy's voice. The verse teaches that an act born only of stung pride is but an echo of another, not one's own firmness; whoever answers out of vexation is led by the enemy, not by his own strength.