Shloka 41

Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

पुनश्चास्य धनुश्चित्रं गजराजकरोपमम्‌ । क्षुरेण शितधारेण प्रचकर्त नराधिप:,तत्पश्चात्‌ राजा दुर्योधनने तीखी धारवाले क्षुरसे भीमसेनके विचित्र धनुषको भी, जो हाथीकी सूँड़के समान था, काट डाला

Transliteration

punaścāsya dhanuś citraṃ gajarāja-karopamam | kṣureṇa śitadhāreṇa pracakarta narādhipaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then again the king (Duryodhana), with a razor-edged weapon of keen, sharp blade, cut apart Bhīmasena’s wondrous bow—shaped like the trunk of a lordly elephant—thus intensifying the ruthless momentum of the duel and displaying the war’s grim ethic of disabling an opponent’s means of combat rather than sparing him.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चित्रम्: wonderful/variegated
• चित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गजराजकरोपमम्: like the trunk/hand of the king of elephants
• गजराजकरोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गजराज-कर-उपम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षुरेण: with a razor (arrow/weapon called kṣura)
• क्षुरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शितधारेण: with sharp-edged (one)
• शितधारेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित-धार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रचकर्त: he cut off / he severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√कृत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• नराधिपः: the king (lord of men)
• नराधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-अधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• razor/razor-like weapon (kṣura)
• elephant-trunk comparison (gajarāja-karopama)