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Shloka 8

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 42 — Duryodhana’s counsel to Bhīṣma on ajñātavāsa risk and raid strategy

कस्यायमसितश्नाप: पड्चशार्दूललक्षण: । वराहकर्णव्यामिश्रान्‌ शरान्‌ धारयते दश,सिरपर पाँच सिंहोंके चिह्न हैं, ऐसा यह काले रंगका धनुष किसका है? यह तो सूअरके कानके समान नोकवाले दस बाणोंको एक साथ धारण कर सकता है

uttara uvāca | kasyāyam asitaḥ śnāpaḥ pañcaśārdūlalakṣaṇaḥ | varāhakarṇavyāmiśrān śarān dhārayate daśa |

Uttara sagte: „Wem gehört dieser dunkle Bogen, gezeichnet mit den Sinnbildern von fünf Tigern? Er vermag zehn Pfeile zugleich zu halten, deren Spitzen wie die Ohren eines Ebers geformt sind.“

कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असितश्नापःblack-colored (bow)
असितश्नापः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootअसित-श्नाप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पञ्चशार्दूललक्षणःhaving the marks/signs of five tigers
पञ्चशार्दूललक्षणः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च-शार्दूल-लक्षण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वराहकर्णव्यामिश्रान्mixed/combined with (tips like) boar-ears
वराहकर्णव्यामिश्रान्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootवराह-कर्ण-व्यामिश्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
शरान्arrows
शरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
धारयतेholds/bears
धारयते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootधृ
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दशten
दश:
Visheshana
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

उत्तर उवाच

U
Uttara (Prince of Virāṭa)
B
bow (dark, marked with five tiger emblems)
A
arrows (ten; boar-ear-like tips)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights discernment and respect for martial responsibility: Uttara recognizes that weapons carry identity and consequence, prompting inquiry before action—an ethical posture in a war-bound context.

In the Virāṭa episode, Uttara notices a distinctive bow and a set of specialized arrows and asks whose formidable weapon it is, signaling the discovery/identification of a great warrior’s arms.