Shloka 616

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

Devanagari script

धनुश्लास्य शिताग्रेण बाणेन निरकृन्तत । युद्ध करते समय युधिष्ठिरके लिये सब कुछ प्रदक्षिण (अनुकूल) हो रहा था। तदनन्तर शल्यने युधिष्ठिरपर सौ बाणोंका प्रहार किया तथा तीखी धारवाले बाणसे उनके धनुषको भी काट दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

dhanuḥ ślāṣya śitāgreṇa bāṇena nirakṛntata |

Translation

Sañjaya said: With a sharp-pointed arrow he severed the bow-string and cut the bow. At that moment, everything seemed to turn favorable for Yudhiṣṭhira in the press of battle; yet immediately Śalya struck Yudhiṣṭhira with a hundred arrows and, with a keen-edged shaft, also cut down his bow—showing how swiftly fortune shifts in war and how steadfastness must endure even when advantage appears.

Word by Word

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

• लास्य: with/using (something called) lāsya
• लास्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लास्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शिताग्रेण: with a sharp-pointed (one)
• शिताग्रेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिताग्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बाणेन: with an arrow
• बाणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निरकृन्तत: cut off / severed
• निरकृन्तत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्तति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śalya
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• bow-string
• arrow (bāṇa)