Shloka 30
Devanagari script
तस्य चापच्युतैर्बाणै: परदेहविदारणै:
Transliteration
tasya cāpacyutair bāṇaiḥ paradehavidāraṇaiḥ
Translation
Sañjaya dijo: «Y con sus flechas—infalibles en su vuelo y desgarradoras de los cuerpos enemigos—golpeó con ímpetu incesante.»
Word by Word
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपच्युतैःwith unerring / not fallen aside
अपच्युतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअपच्युत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
परदेहविदारणैःwith (arrows) that tear others' bodies
परदेहविदारणैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपर-देह-विदारण
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)ब
बाण (arrows)प
परदेह (enemies’ bodies)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line highlights the disciplined precision and lethal efficacy of a warrior’s action in battle—skill directed toward a chosen end. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension: martial excellence can be admirable as kṣatriya-dharma, yet it operates within the tragic cost of war, where bodies are torn and lives are ended.
Sañjaya describes a combatant’s arrows as unfailing and body-rending, emphasizing the intensity of the fighting and the decisive, destructive impact of the missile volleys upon the enemy.