Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ मोहमनुप्राप्ते पुनरेव वृकोदर: । यन्तुरेव शिर: कायात्‌ क्षुरप्रेणाहरत्‌ तदा

Transliteration

tasmin moham anuprāpte punar eva vṛkodaraḥ | yantor eva śiraḥ kāyāt kṣurapreṇāharat tadā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: When that man had fallen into a stupor, Vṛkodara once again struck—then and there he severed the charioteer’s head from his body with a razor-edged shaft. The scene underscores the ruthless momentum of battle, where a moment’s disorientation becomes fatal and violence proceeds without pause.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोहम्: delusion, bewilderment
• मोहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्ते: when (it/one) had fallen into / had reached
• अनुप्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle), Passive (PPP sense)

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

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

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma; 'wolf-bellied')
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यन्तुः: of the charioteer
• यन्तुः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कायात्: from the body
• कायात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• क्षुरप्रेण: with a razor-edged (arrow/weapon)
• क्षुरप्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरप्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अहरत्: he cut off / carried away
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• charioteer (yantṛ)
• razor-edged shaft/weapon (kṣurapra)