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Shloka 3536

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

मर्म भित्त्वा तु ते सर्वे संलग्ना: क्षितिमाविशन्‌ | साथ ही, उन्होंने अच्छी तरह चलाये हुए दस पैने बाणोंसे दुर्योधनको भी घायल कर दिया। वे सारे बाण दुर्योधनके मर्मस्थानोंमें लगकर उन्हें विदीर्ण करते हुए पृथ्वीमें समा गये

marma bhittvā tu te sarve saṁlagnāḥ kṣitim āviśan |

Sañjaya sprach: Nachdem sie seine lebenswichtigen Stellen durchbohrt hatten, drangen all jene Pfeile—fest eingekeilt—weiter vor und versanken in der Erde. Die Szene unterstreicht die erbarmungslose Präzision der Schlacht: Können und Wucht zielen nicht nur darauf, zu treffen, sondern kampfunfähig zu machen, indem sie die verwundbarsten Sitze des Lebens im Körper anvisieren—und so offenbaren, wie der Krieg Meisterschaft in tödliche Absicht verwandelt.

मर्मvital spot
मर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भित्त्वाhaving pierced
भित्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तेthey/those
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
संलग्नाःstuck/embedded
संलग्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंलग्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
क्षितिम्the earth/ground
क्षितिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आविशन्entered/sank into
आविशन्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-विश्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
arrows (bāṇa)
V
vital points (marma)
E
earth (kṣiti)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the grim ethical tension of war: extraordinary skill, when yoked to hostility, becomes a means of targeting life itself (marma). It implicitly warns that martial excellence is morally ambivalent—its value depends on the dharmic context and restraint of its use.

Sañjaya describes arrows that have struck and pierced vital points; after lodging in the body, they continue onward and sink into the ground. It is a vivid battlefield image emphasizing the force and accuracy of the attack.