Shloka 21

Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)

Devanagari script

पाणिपादशिर:पृष्ठबाहुशाखानिरन्तरम्‌ । वनं कुरूणां छेत्स्यामि शरै: संनतपर्वभि:,“आज झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणोंद्वारा कौरवसेनारूपी जंगलको काट डालूँगा। हाथ, पैर, सिर, पृष्ठ (पीठ) तथा बाहु आदि अड़ ही विविध शाखाओंके रूपमें फैलकर इस कौरव-वनको सघन किये हुए हैं

Transliteration

pāṇipādaśiraḥpṛṣṭhabāhuśākhānirantaram | vanaṃ kurūṇāṃ chetsyāmi śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “With arrows whose joints are bent, I shall hew down the Kuru host as though it were a forest—made dense by branches in the form of hands, feet, heads, backs, and arms.”

Word by Word

पाणिhand

पादfoot

शिरःhead

पृष्ठback

बाहुarm

शाखाbranch

निरन्तरम्continuous(ly), unbroken

वनम्forest

कुरूणाम्of the Kurus

छेत्स्यामिI shall cut

शरैःwith arrows

संनतbent, curved

पर्वभिःwith joints/knots (sections)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kurus (Kaurava army)

arrows

forest (metaphor)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes