Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अक्ष्णोनिमिषमात्रेण सो$5न्यदादाय कार्मुकम्‌ | विव्याध पाण्डवं षष्ट्या सूतं च नवभि: शरै:,कृतवर्माने पलक मारते-मारते दूसरा धनुष हाथमें लेकर पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरको साठ और उनके सारथिको नौ बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

akṣṇo nimiṣa-mātreṇa so 'nyad ādāya kārmukam | vivyādha pāṇḍavaṁ ṣaṣṭyā sūtaṁ ca navabhiḥ śaraiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the mere time of a single blink, he seized another bow and swiftly pierced the Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) with sixty arrows, and his charioteer with nine.

Word by Word

• अक्ष्णोः: of the eye
• अक्ष्णोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• निमिष: of a blink
• निमिष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमिष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मात्रेण: by the measure (i.e., within the span)
• मात्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• षष्ट्या: with sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सूतम्: charioteer
• सूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• नवभिः: with nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• sūta (charioteer)
• kārmuka (bow)
• śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, speed and skill can dominate events in an instant, yet the act of wounding a king and his charioteer also points to the ethical gravity of battlefield choices under kṣatriya-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the warrior immediately takes up another bow and shoots Yudhiṣṭhira with sixty arrows and also strikes Yudhiṣṭhira’s charioteer with nine arrows.