Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तदपास्य धनुश्किन्नं युयुत्सुर्वेगवत्तरम्‌ अन्यदादत्त सुमहच्चापं संरक्तलोचन:,युयुत्सुने उस कटे हुए धनुषको फेंककर क्रोधसे आँखें लाल करके दूसरा अत्यन्त वेगशाली एवं विशाल धनुष हाथमें लिया

Transliteration

tad apāsya dhanuḥ chinnaṃ yuyutsuḥ vegavattaram anyad ādatta sumahac cāpaṃ saṃraktalocanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Den zerschnittenen Bogen von sich werfend, ergriff Yuyutsu —mit vor Zorn geröteten Augen— einen anderen, überaus großen und in seiner Wirkung äußerst schnellen Bogen, entschlossen, den Kampf ohne Nachgeben fortzusetzen.“

Word by Word

तत्that (it)

अपास्यhaving cast away

धनुःbow

छिन्नम्cut/broken

युयुत्सुःYuyutsu

वेगवत्-तरम्more swift

अन्यत्another

आदत्तtook/accepted

सुमहत्very great

चापम्bow

संरक्त-लोचनःhaving reddened eyes

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Yuyutsu

cut bow

another great bow (cāpa)

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?

Even amid the chaos of battle, a warrior’s steadfastness is shown by not collapsing when a weapon is lost; the verse highlights resilience and continued commitment to one’s chosen side and duty, while also warning how anger (reddened eyes) fuels persistence in violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yuyutsu’s bow has been cut. Instead of retreating, he throws it away and immediately grasps another, larger and more forceful bow, his anger visible—signaling his readiness to re-enter combat without pause.