Shloka 34

Duryodhana’s Anxiety, Bhīṣma’s Reassurance, and Renewed Mobilization (दुर्योधनचिन्ता–भीष्मप्रत्याश्वासन–सेनानिर्गमनम्)

Devanagari script

तथैव लक्ष्मणो राजन्‌ सौभद्रं निशितै: शरैः । अविध्यत महाराज तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्‌,राजन! इसी प्रकार लक्ष्मणने भी सुभद्राकुमारको अपने तीखे बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया। महाराज! वह अद्भुत-सी बात हुई

Transliteration

tathaiva lakṣmaṇo rājan saubhadraṁ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | avidhyat mahārāja tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the same manner, O King, Lakṣmaṇa struck Saubhadra (Abhimanyu), the son of Subhadrā, with sharp arrows. O great king, it appeared almost wondrous.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

लक्ष्मणःLakṣmaṇa

राजन्O king

सौभद्रम्the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)

निशितैःwith sharp

शरैःarrows

अविध्यत्pierced, struck

महाराजO great king

तत्that (event)

अद्भुतम्wonderful, marvelous

इवas if, like

अभवत्became, happened

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Lakṣmaṇa

Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)

Subhadrā

arrows (śara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes