महाभारत · 7.34.18–19
॥
देवनागरी
अभिमन्युर् उवाच
द्रोणस्य दृढम् अव्यग्रम् अनीकप्रवरं युधि ॥
पितॄणां जयम् आकाङ्क्षन्न् अवगाहे भिनद्मि च ॥
उपदिष्टो हि मे पित्रा योगो ऽनीकस्य भेदने ॥
नोत्सहे तु विनिर्गन्तुम् अहं कस्यां चिद् आपदि ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
abhimanyur uvāca
droṇasya dṛḍham avyagram anīkapravaraṃ yudhi ||
pitṝṇāṃ jayam ākāṅkṣann avagāhe bhinadmi ca ||
upadiṣṭo hi me pitrā yogo 'nīkasya bhedane ||
notsahe tu vinirgantum ahaṃ kasyāṃ cid āpadi ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
द्रोणस्यdroṇasyaof Drona; of Drona
दृढम्dṛḍhamfirm [strong]; firm
अव्यग्रम्avyagramunshaken [steady]; steady
अनीकप्रवरम्anīkapravaramthe foremost array [the best host]; the foremost array
युधिyudhiin battle; in battle
पितॄणाम्pitṝṇāmof the fathers; for my fathers
जयम्jayamvictory; victory
आकाङ्क्षन्ākāṅkṣandesiring [longing for]; longing for
अवगाहेavagāhe[I] will plunge into [will crash into]; I will plunge into
भिनद्मिbhinadmi[and] I will breach [break through]; [and] break through it
चcaand; —
उपदिष्टःupadiṣṭaḥtaught [instructed]; taught
हिhiindeed; indeed
मेmeto me [me]; me
पित्राpitrāby [my] father; by [my] father
योगःyogaḥmethod [technique]; the technique
अनीकस्यanīkasyaof the array [host]; of the array
भेदनेbhedane[in] the breaching [how to breach it]; [of how] to breach it
न उत्सहेna utsaheI do not dare [I am not able]; I do not dare
तुtuhowever [yet]; however
विनिर्गन्तुम्vinirgantumto come out [to make my way out]; to make my way out
अहम्ahamI; I
कस्यां चित्kasyāṃ citin any [in a certain]; [in] any
आपदिāpadidifficulty [distress]; distress
अनुवाद
"Longing for victory for my fathers, I will plunge into Drona's firm, steady, foremost array in battle, and break through it. For my father indeed taught me the technique of breaching the array; however, I do not dare to make my way out of it, should I fall into any distress."
संस्करण
c1f8c7ecc950 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:22:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here is the heart of the tragedy: Abhimanyu knows how to enter but not how to leave. Half-knowledge proves fatal — the boy honestly reveals his one flaw without concealing it. In this candor lies both valor and doom: he is ready for the feat, aware that the way back is unknown to him. It is telling that his father taught him half the art — and this incompleteness of instruction will prove ruinous. The verse teaches that incomplete knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance, for it instills false confidence where the essential is missing; that entering is easier than leaving, and wise is the one who weighs not only the beginning of a deed but its end; and that an honest admission of one's limit is a noble trait, but it does not avert disaster if those who hear it fail to protect the one going where he himself is powerless to escape.