Shloka 11

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

सूर्यवर्मा ततः पार्थे शराणां नतपर्वणाम्‌ | शतान्यमुज्चद्‌ राजेन्द्र लघ्वस्त्रमभिदर्शयन्‌

Transliteration

sūryavarmā tataḥ pārthe śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām | śatāny amuñcad rājendra laghv astram abhidarśayan ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Entonces Sūryavarmā, oh rey, mostrando la rapidez de su destreza con las armas, lanzó contra Pārtha (Arjuna) descargas de cien flechas de juntas curvadas.

Word by Word

• सूर्यवर्मा: Suryavarman (proper name)
• सूर्यवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पार्थे: in/at (towards) Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शराणाम्: of arrows
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नतपर्वणाम्: of those having bent joints/knots (i.e., bent-knotted)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शतानि: hundreds; a hundred (arrows) (as a set)
• शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अमुचत्: released, discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लघु: swift, light
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon; missile-weapon
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अभिदर्शयन्: showing, displaying
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√दृश्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sūryavarmā
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• arrows (śarāḥ)
• astra (weapon-skill)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in practice: a warrior demonstrates speed and mastery of weapons, but the implied ethical frame is disciplined prowess—martial skill used according to duty and rules of combat, not as uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sūryavarmā launches a rapid, showy attack on Arjuna, discharging volleys of a hundred bent-jointed arrows, while the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports this to the king addressed as rājendra.