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Shloka 30

Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas

Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode

स तदप्यस्य कौन्तेयश्चिच्छेद नतपर्वणा । एवमन्यानि चापानि बहूनि कृतहस्तवत्‌ | शारद्वतस्य चिच्छेद पाण्डव: परवीरहा,परंतु कुन्तीनन्दनने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले एक बाणसे उनके उस धनुषको भी काट दिया और इसी प्रकार कृपाचार्यके बहुत-से दूसरे धनुष भी शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले पाण्डुनन्दनने हाथकी फुर्ती दिखानेमें कुशल वीरकी भाँति छिन्न-भिन्न कर डाले

sa tad apy asya kaunteyaś ciccheda nataparvaṇā | evam anyāni cāpāni bahūni kṛtahastavat | śāradvatasya ciccheda pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā ||

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Entonces el hijo de Kuntī (Arjuna) también cercenó aquel arco con una flecha cuyo nudo estaba doblado. Del mismo modo, el Pāṇḍava—matador de héroes enemigos—hizo añicos muchos otros arcos de Śāradvata (Kṛpa), mostrando la rapidez y el dominio consumado de un arquero perfecto. El episodio subraya una destreza disciplinada, empleada para neutralizar la capacidad del adversario de causar daño, y no una violencia nacida de la ira.

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्that (bow)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अस्यof him (Kripa)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
कौन्तेयःson of Kunti (Arjuna)
कौन्तेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चिच्छेदcut/sundered
चिच्छेद:
TypeVerb
Rootछिद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
नतपर्वणाwith a bent-jointed (arrow)
नतपर्वणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनतपर्वन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवम्thus/in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
अन्यानिother
अन्यानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
चापानिbows
चापानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचाप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
बहूनिmany
बहूनि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
कृतहस्तवत्like one skilled/with practiced hand
कृतहस्तवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतहस्तवत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शारद्वतस्यof Śāradvata (Kripa)
शारद्वतस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशारद्वत
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चिच्छेदcut/sundered
चिच्छेद:
TypeVerb
Rootछिद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Arjuna)
पाण्डवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परवीरहाslayer of enemy-heroes
परवीरहा:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरवीरहन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kaunteya (Arjuna)
P
Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
Ś
Śāradvata (Kṛpācārya)
B
bows (cāpa)
A
arrow with bent joint (nata-parvan)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights disciplined, precise action in conflict: a warrior’s excellence lies in controlled skill that disables harm (cutting bows) rather than uncontrolled slaughter—an ethical ideal of restraint and mastery within dharma-yuddha.

Arjuna (Kaunteya), in the Virāṭa episode’s combat, severs Kṛpācārya’s bow with a specialized arrow and then breaks many of Kṛpa’s other bows as well, demonstrating superior speed and technique and reducing the opponent’s ability to fight.