Shloka 18

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

सुतसोम॑ तु शकुनिर्विद्ध्वा तु निशितै: शरै: । नाकम्पयत संक्रुद्धो वार्योध इव पर्वतम्‌

Transliteration

Sutasomaṁ tu Śakunir viddhvā tu niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | nākampayata saṁkruddho vāryogha iva parvatam ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: مع أنّ شكوني، وقد اشتعل غضبًا، أصاب سوتاسوما بسهامٍ حادّة، لم يستطع أن يزعزعه عن عزيمته—كما أنّ سيل الماء الجارف لا يحرّك جبلًا.

Word by Word

• सुतसोमम्: Sutasoma (name), as object
• सुतसोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतसोम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• तु: indeed/again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अकम्पयत्: he did not shake/make tremble
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), Past, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past participle)

• वार्योधः: a mass/stream of water (water-flood)
• वार्योधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni
• Sutasoma
• arrows (śara)
• mountain (parvata)
• flood/current of water (vāryogha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger and aggression do not guarantee effectiveness; steadfastness and inner firmness can render even sharp attacks powerless—like a mountain unmoved by a flood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakuni, furious, shoots Sutasoma with sharp arrows and wounds him, yet Sutasoma remains unshaken; Sañjaya describes this with the simile of a mountain that a rushing water-current cannot move.