Shloka 226

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन राजा चिच्छेद संयुगे । आर्य! फिर राजा दुर्योधनने युद्धस्थलमें एक तीखे श्षुरप्रसे धृष्टद्युम्मके बाणसहित धनुष और दस्तानेको भी काट दिया

Transliteration

saf1jaya uv
01ca |

ksuraprea sut
2bkea r
01j
01 ciccheda sayuge |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, the king (Duryodhana), with a razor-edged, exceedingly sharp kṣurapra arrow, severed Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s bow—together with the arrow already set upon it—and even cut away his hand-guard.

Word by Word

• क्षुरप्रेण: with a razor(-like weapon/arrowhead)
• क्षुरप्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुतीक्ष्णेन: very sharp
• सुतीक्ष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिच्छेद: cut / severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Duryodhana
• Kshurapra (razor-edged arrow)
• battlefield (sayuga)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a battlefield ethic of tactical restraint and skill: disabling an opponents capacity to fight (by cutting weapons/gear) can be as decisive as killing, reflecting the harsh but rule-aware logic of kshatriya warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya narrates that the king, using a very sharp razor-edged arrow, severs something in the combata vivid moment of close, technical archery in the ongoing battle.