Shloka 316

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

चिच्छेद प्रहसन युद्धे क्षुरप्रेण महारथ: । इससे सुषेणको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ। उस महारथीने हँसते-हँसते युद्धस्थलमें एक क्षुरप्रके द्वारा पाण्डुकुमार नकुलके विशाल धनुषको काट डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ciccheda prahasan yuddhe kṣurapreṇa mahārathaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the midst of battle, that great chariot-warrior, smiling as he fought, severed Nakula’s mighty bow with a razor-edged arrow. The deed—done with confident ease—stirred Suṣeṇa’s wrath, sharpening the personal edge of the combat within the war’s relentless code of duty.

Word by Word

• चिच्छेद: cut (he cut)
• चिच्छेद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, 1

• प्रहसन: laughing (while laughing)
• प्रहसन: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रहस्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• क्षुरप्रेण: with a razor-headed arrow
• क्षुरप्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरप्र
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Nakula
• Pandu (as 'Pāṇḍukumāra' in the prose context)
• Sushena
• kṣurapra (razor-edged arrow)
• bow (dhanus)