Shloka 10

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

ततोडर्जुनो महाराज शरै: संनतपर्वभि:

Transliteration

tato

rjuno mah1r1ja arai sanatap1rvabhi

Translation

Da traf Arjuna, o König, ihn mit Pfeilen, deren Fügungen wohlgehärtet und fest waren — eine Tat disziplinierter Kriegskunst inmitten der unerbittlichen Ethik der Pflicht auf dem Schlachtfeld.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb)

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संनतपर्वभिः: having bent/curved joints (i.e., with curved-knotted shafts)
• संनतपर्वभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Dhrtar1ra (implied by mah1r1ja)
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined action in accordance with khatriya duty: even amid violence, the warrior is expected to act with skill, steadiness, and responsibility rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhrtar1ra that Arjuna strikes his opponent with well-made, firmly fitted arrows, indicating an intense exchange in the Shalya Parva battle.