Shloka 11

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

सूर्यवर्मा ततः पार्थे शराणां नतपर्वणाम्‌ | शतान्यमुज्चद्‌ राजेन्द्र लघ्वस्त्रमभिदर्शयन्‌,राजेन्द्र! तदनन्तर सूर्यवर्माने अपने हाथोंकी फुर्ती दिखाते हुए अर्जुनपर झुकी हुई गाँठवाले एक सौ बाणोंका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

sūryavarmā tataḥ pārthe śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām | śatāny amuñcad rājendra laghv astram abhidarśayan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Sūryavarmā, O king, displaying the quickness of his weapon-skill, released volleys of a hundred arrows with bent joints against Pārtha (Arjuna).

Word by Word

सूर्यवर्माSuryavarman (proper name)

ततःthen, thereafter

पार्थेin/at (towards) Partha (Arjuna)

शराणाम्of arrows

नतपर्वणाम्of those having bent joints/knots (i.e., bent-knotted)

शतानिhundreds; a hundred (arrows) (as a set)

अमुचत्released, discharged

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

लघुswift, light

अस्त्रम्weapon; missile-weapon

अभिदर्शयन्showing, displaying

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sūryavarmā

Pārtha (Arjuna)

arrows (śarāḥ)

astra (weapon-skill)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in practice: a warrior demonstrates speed and mastery of weapons, but the implied ethical frame is disciplined prowess—martial skill used according to duty and rules of combat, not as uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sūryavarmā launches a rapid, showy attack on Arjuna, discharging volleys of a hundred bent-jointed arrows, while the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports this to the king addressed as rājendra.