Shloka 11

Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation

Devanagari script

सारथिं चास्य समरे शरेणानतपर्वणा

Transliteration

sārathiṁ cāsya samare śareṇānataparvaṇā

Translation

Sañjaya berichtet: Mitten in der Schlacht wurde auch sein Wagenlenker von einem Pfeil getroffen, dessen Knoten nicht im Feuer gehärtet waren.

Word by Word

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शरेण: with an arrow
• शरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनतपर्वणा: having unbent joints (i.e., straight-jointed; of the arrow)
• अनतपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• charioteer (sārathi)
• arrow (śara)
• battlefield (samara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the indiscriminate nature of warfare: even non-combatant roles like the charioteer—essential for a warrior’s duty—become targets, reminding the listener of war’s ethical cost and the fragility of all supports in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment in the fighting where a particular warrior’s charioteer is hit in the battle by an arrow characterized as ānataparvan, emphasizing the intensity and technical detail of the combat.