Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एवं तान्‌ व्याकुलीकृत्य त्वदीयानां महारथान्‌ | उज्जहार शरं घोरं पाण्डवो5नलसंनिभम्‌,इस प्रकार आपके उन महारथियोंको व्याकुल करके पाण्डुकुमार अर्जुनने एक अग्निके समान तेजस्वी एवं भयंकर बाण निकाला

Transliteration

evaṁ tān vyākulīkṛtya tvadīyānāṁ mahārathān | ujjahāra śaraṁ ghoraṁ pāṇḍavo 'nalasaṁnibham ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Nachdem er so eure großen Wagenkämpfer in Verwirrung gestürzt hatte, zog der Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) einen schrecklichen Pfeil hervor, lodernd wie Feuer.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• व्याकुलीकृत्य: having agitated/confounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याकुली-कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• त्वदीयानाम्: of yours
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (agreeing with महारथानाम् understood), Genitive, Plural

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उज्जहार: drew forth / took out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरम्: an arrow
• शरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनल-संनिभम्: resembling fire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनल-संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)
• Kaurava great chariot-warriors (tvadīyāḥ mahārathāḥ)
• Arrow (śara)
• Fire (anala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, a warrior’s skill is not only physical but also psychological—disrupting the enemy’s composure. It also implicitly underscores the ethical gravity of escalating violence: power used to overwhelm others carries serious moral consequence even when exercised within the accepted codes of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna has already unsettled the Kaurava elite chariot-warriors and now draws a fearsome, fire-like arrow, indicating an imminent, intensified strike against them.