Shloka 143

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणैरन्तरा स धनंजय: । विषधर सर्पोके समान उन कठोर बाणोंको अपनी ओर आते देख अर्जुनने तीखे सायकोंद्वारा उन सबको बीचसे काट डाला

Transliteration

ciccheda niśitair bāṇair antarā sa dhanañjayaḥ | viṣadhara-sarpokaiḥ samānān kaṭhora-bāṇān ātmanaḥ prati āgacchataḥ dṛṣṭvā arjunena tīkṣṇaiḥ sāyakair tān sarvān madhyataś chittvā nipātitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing those hard arrows—like venom-bearing serpents—flying toward him, Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) swiftly severed them in mid-air with his razor-sharp shafts. The scene proclaims disciplined mastery in battle: force is met not with blind rage, but with precise control that prevents harm before it can strike.

Word by Word

• चिच्छेद: cut (asunder)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (छेदने)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदी, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• अन्तरा: in between; midway
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Dhanañjaya
• arrows
• serpents (simile)