Mahābhārata · 7.44.29–30
॥
Devanāgarī
रथिनः कुञ्जरान् अश्वान् पदातींश् चावमर्दितान् ॥
दृष्ट्वा दुर्योधनः क्षिप्रम् उपायात् तम् अमर्षितः ॥
तयोः क्षणम् इवापूर्णः संग्रामः समपद्यत ॥
अथाभवत् ते विमुखः पुत्रः शरशतार्दितः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
rathinaḥ kuñjarān aśvān padātīṃś cāvamarditān ||
dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaḥ kṣipram upāyāt tam amarṣitaḥ ||
tayoḥ kṣaṇam ivāpūrṇaḥ saṃgrāmaḥ samapadyata ||
athābhavat te vimukhaḥ putraḥ śaraśatārditaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
रथिनःrathinaḥcharioteers [warriors]; charioteers
कुञ्जरान्kuñjarānelephants; elephants
अश्वान्aśvānhorses; horses
पदातीन्padātīnfootmen [infantry]; footmen
चcaand; —
अवमर्दितान्avamarditāntrampled [crushed]; crushed
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen; having beheld
दुर्योधनःduryodhanaḥDuryodhana; Duryodhana
क्षिप्रम्kṣipramswiftly [at once]; at once
उपायात्upāyātadvanced [moved against]; moved [against]
तम्tamhim [Abhimanyu]; him
अमर्षितःamarṣitaḥenraged [unable to bear it]; enraged
तयोःtayoḥof those two; of those two
क्षणम्kṣaṇamfor a moment [instant]; for a moment
इवivaas if [like]; —
आपूर्णःāpūrṇaḥbrief [short]; short
संग्रामःsaṃgrāmaḥbattle [combat]; battle
समपद्यतsamapadyataarose [took place]; arose
अथathathen; then
अभवत्abhavatbecame; became
ते पुत्रःte putraḥyour son; your son
विमुखःvimukhaḥturned back [fleeing]; turned back
शरशतार्दितःśaraśatārditaḥtorn by hundreds of arrows; torn by hundreds of arrows
Traducción
Beholding the charioteers, elephants, horses, and footmen crushed, Duryodhana, enraged, at once advanced against him. Between the two of them a battle arose, brief, lasting but a moment; then your son was turned back, torn by hundreds of arrows.
Versión
4afaf73e2f86 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:30:03 UTC
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Duryodhana himself, the king, rides out against the boy -- and in a brief moment is turned back, torn by hundreds of arrows. Thus the child humbles the very instigator of the war: the proud man for whose sake the trap was laid flees from the one he had thought already dead. It is telling that the battle lasted only a moment -- so quickly was it decided against the king. The verse teaches that the unrighteous, for all their strength and numbers, can be humbled by one righteous boy; that one who gloated over another's death flees wounded himself; and that in showing Duryodhana himself put to flight before a child, the tradition sets the final seal on the summit of Abhimanyu's glory -- a glory after which, by the inexorable course of events, the turn will come, for the boy was never overcome in fair battle, and only the lawlessness of many will bring about his death.