Shloka 43

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

तमर्जुन: पृषत्कानां शतेन भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

tam arjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṁ śatena bharatarṣabha

Translation

Sañjaya said: O bull among the Bharatas, Arjuna struck him with a hundred arrows—an image of relentless martial resolve amid the grim duties of war.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृषत्कानाम्: of arrows (spears/shafts)
• पृषत्कानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषत्क
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शतेन: with a hundred
• शतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Bharatarṣabha (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• arrows (pṛṣatka)