Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पुनश्चैनं शरैघोरिराजघान स्तनान्तरे | दशभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ भरतानां महारथ:,भरतश्रेष्ठ) तदनन्तर भरतकुलके महारथी वीर अभिमन्युने पुनः दुर्योधनकी छातीमें दस भयानक बाण मारे

Transliteration

punaś cainaṃ śaraiḥ ghoraḥ rājāghān stanāntare | daśabhir bharataśreṣṭha bharatānāṃ mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then again the formidable warrior struck him with arrows in the region of the chest. O best of the Bharatas, the great chariot-fighter among the Bharatas pierced him with ten dreadful shafts.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• घोरैः: terrible
• घोरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• राजघानः: the slayer of kings
• राजघानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजघान
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• स्तनान्तरे: in the space between the breasts (on the chest)
• स्तनान्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तनान्तर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भरतानाम्: of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अघान: struck / smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: aorist (luṅ), 3rd, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bharata (lineage/epithet)
• mahāratha (elite chariot-warrior)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim reality of kṣatriya-dharma in war: steadfastness, skill, and endurance are demanded even when actions are harsh. It frames battlefield conduct as a test of resolve within the epic’s larger moral tension between duty and the suffering caused by violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a renewed attack: a formidable royal warrior (a mahāratha) strikes his opponent again, hitting the chest with ten fierce arrows, intensifying the combat sequence in the Kurukṣetra battle narration.