Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततो धनुज्यातलबाणनि:स्वनै: प्रसहा[ कृत्वा च रिपून्‌ हतप्रभान्‌ । संछादयित्वा तु कुरून्‌ शरोत्तमै: कपिध्वज: पक्षिवरध्वजश्ष

Transliteration

tato dhanujyātala-bāṇa-niḥsvanaiḥ prasahya kṛtvā ca ripūn hata-prabhān | saṃchādayitvā tu kurūn śarottamaiḥ kapidhvajaḥ pakṣivara-dhvajaś ca ||

Translation

তাৰ পাছত ধনুৰ জ্যা-নাদ, হাতৰ থাপ আৰু বাণৰ গর্জনাসদৃশ শব্দেৰে সি শত্রুসকলৰ জ্যোতি বলপূৰ্বক ম্লান কৰি দিলে। আৰু উৎকৃষ্ট শৰবৃষ্টিৰে কৌৰৱসেনাক আচ্ছন্ন কৰিলে; কপিধ্বজ আৰু পক্ষিবৰধ্বজ—দুয়ো যেন চাৰিওফালে ৰণভূমি ঢাকি পেলালে, অবিৰাম যোদ্ধা-দৃঢ়তাৰে যুদ্ধক চাপত ৰাখি।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

धनुःbow

ज्याbowstring

तलslap/strike (of the hand); clapping/impact

बाणarrow

निःस्वनैःwith sounds, with resounding noises

प्रसह्यforcibly, by force

कृत्वाhaving done/made

चand

रिपून्enemies

हतslain/struck/destroyed

प्रभान्splendors, radiance (i.e., their luster)

संछादयित्वाhaving covered/veiled

तुbut, indeed

कुरून्the Kurus

शरwith arrows

उत्तमैःexcellent, best

कपिmonkey (Hanumat emblem)

ध्वजःbannered one; he whose banner is ...

पक्षिbird

वरexcellent, best

ध्वजःbannered one; he whose banner is ...

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (Kapidhvaja)

Karna (Pakṣivara-dhvaja)

Kurus (Kuru army)

bow

bowstring

arrows

banner/standard (dhvaja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the kṣatriya ethic of steadfastness and skill in battle: decisive action, disciplined force, and unwavering engagement in one’s appointed duty, even amid overwhelming violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya describes the clash intensifying: Arjuna (monkey-bannered) and Karna (bird-bannered) unleash powerful volleys, the roar of bows and arrows filling the field as the Kuru forces are blanketed by superior missiles.