Shloka 27

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः

Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset

Devanagari script

ततः संधाय वै तीक्ष्णं शरं परमदारुणम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ sandhāya vai tīkṣṇaṃ śaraṃ paramadāruṇam

Translation

তাৰ পাছত তেওঁ অতি তীক্ষ্ণ, পৰম দাৰুণ এক শৰ সংযত কৰি লক্ষ্য স্থিৰ কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• संधाय: having aimed/fixed (on the bow)
• संधाय: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्): 'having fixed/aimed/joined'

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Particle (emphatic)

• तीक्ष्णम्: sharp
• तीक्ष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• शरम्: arrow
• शरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• परमदारुणम्: most dreadful/very terrible
• परमदारुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम-दारुण
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrow (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the deliberate, intentional nature of violence in righteous warfare: skill and resolve are applied with full awareness of consequences, reminding readers that even duty-bound combat carries grave moral and emotional weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior (implied by context) sets and aims a very sharp, fearsome arrow, signaling an imminent strike and escalating intensity in the battlefield action.