Shloka 19
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
Devanagari script
हत्वा तु समरे पार्थ: सहस्रे द्वे परंतप:
Transliteration
hatvā tu samare pārthaḥ sahasre dve paraṃtapaḥ
Translation
Sañjaya said: “In the thick of battle, Pārtha (Arjuna), the scorcher of foes, slew two thousand warriors.”
Word by Word
हत्वाhaving slain
हत्वा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा, कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive/gerund)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)
पार्थः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहस्रेtwo thousands
सहस्रे:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
परंतपःfoe-scorcher (epithet)
परंतपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
Pārtha (Arjuna)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the terrible scale of war and the warrior’s role within it: heroic effectiveness (paraṃtapaḥ) is praised, yet the act—slaying thousands—also evokes the ethical gravity of violence in a dharma-conflict where duty and destruction coexist.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, fighting on the battlefield, killed two thousand opponents, highlighting Arjuna’s dominance in that phase of the Shalya Parva battle account.