Shloka 6

कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation

Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows

Devanagari script

यद्‌ यद्धि व्याक्षिपद्‌ युद्धे पाण्डवो<5स्त्रजिघांसया । तत्‌ तदस्त्रं महेष्वासो द्रोणपुत्रो व्यशातयत्‌,रणभूमिमें पाण्डुकुमार अर्जुन अश्वत्थामाके अस्त्रोंको नष्ट करनेके लिये जो-जो अस्त्र चलाते थे, महाधनुर्धर द्रोणपुत्र अश्वत्थामा उनके उस-उस अस्त्रको काट गिराता था

Transliteration

yad yaddhi vyākṣipad yuddhe pāṇḍavo 'strajighāṃsayā | tat tadastraṃ maheṣvāso droṇaputro vyaśātayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the battle, whatever missile the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) hurled with the intent to destroy his foe’s weapons, that very weapon the great archer Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāmā) repeatedly cut down, neutralizing it on the field.

Word by Word

यत्which (thing)

हिindeed

व्याक्षिपत्threw/shot forth

युद्धेin battle

पाण्डवःthe Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

अस्त्रजिघांसयाwith the desire to kill/destroy by weapons

तत्that

अस्त्रम्weapon/missile

महेष्वासःthe great archer

द्रोणपुत्रःDroṇa's son (Aśvatthāman)

व्यशातयत्destroyed/neutralized

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)

Droṇaputra (Aśvatthāmā)

astra (missile-weapons)

raṇabhūmi (battlefield)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes