Shloka 3436

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनं शरैस्ती3णै: संक्रुद्ध: समवाकिरत्‌ । प्रजानाथ! थोड़ी देरमें सचेत होनेपर क्रोधमें भरे हुए सहदेव दुर्योधनपर पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

duryodhanaṃ śarais tīkṣṇaiḥ saṃkruddhaḥ samavākirat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Enraged, Sahadeva showered Duryodhana with sharp arrows. In the moral atmosphere of the war, this moment shows how even a righteous warrior, once fully alert and provoked, can be driven by wrath to relentless violence—dharma now expressed through the harsh duty of battle rather than through gentleness.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana (as the object)
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समवाकिरत्: showered / covered (him) all around
• समवाकिरत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Sahadeva
• arrows (śara)