Shloka 100

Devanagari script

शल्यश्न पुण्डरीकाक्षं तथैवाभिसमैक्षत | तत्राजयद्‌ वासुदेव: शल्यं नयनसायकै:

Transliteration

śalyaś ca puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ tathaivābhisamaikṣata | tatrājayad vāsudevaḥ śalyaṃ nayana-sāyakaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Śalya, in the same manner, fixed his gaze upon Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Kṛṣṇa). There, Vāsudeva overcame Śalya with arrows aimed at the eyes—showing how, amid the fury of war, mastery and strategy can subdue even a formidable foe, and how the charioteer’s vigilant protection becomes a decisive moral force in safeguarding the righteous cause.

Word by Word

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीकाक्षम्: the lotus-eyed one (Krishna)
• पुण्डरीकाक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभिसमैक्षत: looked at; beheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• तत्र: there; in that situation
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अजयत्: conquered; overcame
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शल्यम्: Shalya
• शल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नयनसायकैः: with eye-arrows (glances)
• नयनसायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयनसायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• nayana-sāyaka (eye-aimed arrows)