Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स छिन्नयष्टि: सुमहान्‌ धनंजयशराहत:ः । वराह: सिन्धुराजस्य पपाताग्निशिखोपम:,धनंजयके बाणोंसे आहत हो अग्निशिखाके समान तेजस्वी वह सिंधुराजका महान्‌ वाराह॒ध्वज दण्ड कट जानेसे पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा

Transliteration

sa chinnayaṣṭiḥ sumahān dhanañjaya-śarāhataḥ | varāhaḥ sindhurājasya papātāgniśikhopamaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Von den Pfeilen Dhanañjayas getroffen, stürzte das große Eberzeichen des Sindhu-Königs —der Stab des Banners war abgeschlagen— zur Erde, lodernd wie eine Feuerzunge.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (banner/boar)

छिन्नयष्टिःwith the staff/pole cut (cut-poled)

सुमहान्very great

धनञ्जय-शर-आहतःstruck by Dhananjaya’s arrows

वराहःboar (boar-emblem/banner figure)

सिन्धुराजस्यof the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)

पपातfell

अग्निशिखोपमःlike a flame-tongue (like a blaze)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Sindhurāja (King of Sindhu, Jayadratha)

Varāha-dhvaja (boar-emblem/banner)

Yaṣṭi (standard-pole)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of external symbols of power—banners, emblems, and royal pride—when confronted by decisive action in accordance with a warrior’s duty. In the ethical frame of the epic, prowess and resolve in battle can overturn status and display, reminding that authority must be sustained by capability and right conduct, not mere insignia.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna’s arrows strike the Sindhu king’s boar-emblem standard; its pole is cut, and the great emblem falls to the ground, shining like flame. It is a vivid battlefield image signaling Jayadratha’s setback and the force of Arjuna’s assault.