Shloka 14

Devanagari script

पार्थस्तु प्रहसन्‌ धीमानाचार्य सशरौधिणम्‌ | विसृजन्तं शितान्‌ बाणानवारयत त॑ युधि,परम बुद्धिमान्‌ अर्जुनने हँसते हुए ही युद्धस्थलमें तीखे बाणोंकी बौछार करनेवाले द्रोणाचार्यको उनकी बाण-वर्षासहित रोक दिया

Transliteration

pārthas tu prahasan dhīmān ācārya-saśaraughiṇam | visṛjantaṃ śitān bāṇān avārayata taṃ yudhi paramabuddhimān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Pārtha—clear-minded and supremely discerning—smiled as he checked the Teacher, Droṇācārya, who was unleashing a dense shower of razor-sharp arrows. In the midst of battle, Arjuna restrained that very onrush of missiles, meeting force with mastery rather than fear.

Word by Word

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रहसन्: laughing/smiling
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धीमान्: wise/intelligent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आचार्य: O teacher (Acharya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• शर: with (two) arrows
• शर: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• ओधिणम्: having a flood/stream (of arrows)
• ओधिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ओधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विसृजन्तम्: releasing/letting fly
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शितान्: sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवारयत्: checked/stopped/warded off
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-वार् (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• परम्: supremely/very
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बुद्धिमान्: intelligent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Droṇācārya (Ācārya)
• arrows (śara/bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violent conflict, excellence is joined to inner steadiness: Arjuna’s composed smile and precise restraint of Droṇa’s arrow-torrent exemplify disciplined action (kṣatriya-dharma) without panic or cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Droṇācārya releases a fierce barrage of sharp arrows on the battlefield; Arjuna, confident and highly discerning, counters and halts that assault, effectively checking Droṇa’s advance and missile-rain.