Shloka 73

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

चापमार्गबलोदधूतान्‌ मार्गणान्‌ वृष्णिसिंहयो:

Transliteration

cāpamārgabaloddhūtān mārgāṇān vṛṣṇisiṁhayoḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Las flechas, impulsadas por la fuerza del arco y soltadas en su senda de vuelo, se precipitaron hacia los héroes de los Vṛṣṇis, leoninos—imagen del ímpetu implacable de la guerra, donde la destreza y el poder empujan las armas contra los primeros defensores de su bando.

Word by Word

• चापमार्गबलोदधूतान्: shaken/propelled by the force of the bow and the arrows’ flight
• चापमार्गबलोदधूतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चापमार्गबलोदधूत (चाप + मार्ग + बल + उदधूत)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मार्गणान्: arrows
• मार्गणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वृष्णिसिंहयोः: of the two lions among the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णिसिंहयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिसिंह (वृष्णि + सिंह)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛṣṇis
• bow
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a brief battle-description, the text highlights how power and technique, once set in motion, carry consequences toward the foremost targets; it implicitly underscores responsibility in the use of strength and the grave ethical weight of martial action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes arrows being forcefully released from a bow and flying on their course toward two lion-like heroes of the Vṛṣṇi side, emphasizing the intensity and precision of the ongoing combat.