Shloka 92

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

पार्थश्व पुरुषव्याप्र: शरै: संनतपर्वभि: । जघान धार्तराष्ट्रस्य चतुर्विधबलां चमूम्‌,पुरुषसिंह पार्थने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणोंद्वारा दुर्योधनकी चतुरंगिणी सेनाका संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

pārthaś ca puruṣavyāghraḥ śaraiḥ sannatapārṇibhiḥ | jaghāna dhārtarāṣṭrasya caturvidhabalāṃ camūm ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Pārtha (Arjuna), that tiger among men, with arrows whose shafts were bent at the joints, struck down and shattered the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s fourfold army.

Word by Word

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

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men (hero)
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सन्नतपर्वभिः: having bent/curved joints (knotted)
• सन्नतपर्वभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्नतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• जघान: slew, struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhritarashtra’s son (Duryodhana)
• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• चतुर्विधबलाम्: having fourfold forces (four divisions)
• चतुर्विधबलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विधबल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चमूम्: army
• चमूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana / Kaurava host)
• caturvidha-bala (fourfold army: ratha, gaja, aśva, padāti)
• śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the decisive power of disciplined martial excellence in a dharma-framed war, while implicitly pointing to the ethical weight of warfare: victory achieved through skill still entails vast destruction and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna (Pārtha) uses his arrows to devastate Duryodhana’s fourfold Kaurava army—chariots, elephants, cavalry, and infantry—marking a major surge in the battle’s intensity.