Shloka 343

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

ध्वजं कुरुपतेश्छिन्नं ददृशुः सर्वपार्थिवा: । समस्त राजाओंने देखा कि कुरुराज दुर्योधनका सोनेके अंगदोंसे विभूषित नाग- चिह्नयुक्त विचित्र, मणिमय एवं सुन्दर ध्वज कटकर धराशायी हो गया है

Transliteration

dhvajaṁ kurupateś chinnaṁ dadṛśuḥ sarvapārthivāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: All the kings beheld that the banner of the lord of the Kurus had been cut down and cast to the ground. In the war’s moral air, the fall of a royal standard is more than a tactical loss: it strikes at prestige and confidence, and it foretells the waning of unrighteous pride upheld by power and display.

Word by Word

• ध्वजम्: banner, flag
• ध्वजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुपतेः: of the lord of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• छिन्नम्: cut, severed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ददृशुः: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वपार्थिवाः: all the kings
• सर्वपार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurupati (Duryodhana)
• dhvaja (royal banner/standard)
• sarvapārthivāḥ (the assembled kings)