Shloka 82

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

शिखण्डी तु ततः क्रुद्धश्छिन्ने धनुषि सत्वर: | असिं जग्राह समरे शतचन्द्रं च भास्वरम्‌,धनुष कट जानेपर शिखण्डीने तुरंत ही कुपित हो उस युद्धस्थलमें सौ चन्द्रमाओंके चिह्से युक्त चमकीली ढाल और तलवार हाथमें ले ली

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍī tu tataḥ kruddhaś chinne dhanuṣi satvaraḥ | asiṃ jagrāha samare śatacandraṃ ca bhāsvaram ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Alors Śikhaṇḍin, furieux de voir son arc tranché, saisit promptement son épée au milieu du combat, ainsi qu’un bouclier éclatant marqué de cent emblèmes de lune.

Word by Word

शिखण्डीShikhaṇḍī

तुbut/indeed

ततःthen/from there

क्रुद्धःangry

छिन्नेwhen (it was) cut/broken

धनुषिin/with the bow

सत्वरःquickly/hastily

असिम्sword

जग्राहtook/seized

समरेin battle

शतचन्द्रम्having a hundred moon(-like) marks

चand

भास्वरम्shining

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śikhaṇḍī

bow (dhanuḥ)

sword (asi)

shield (śatacandra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a battlefield ethic associated with kṣatriya-dharma: when a weapon is lost, a warrior must not collapse into helplessness but respond with resolve, taking up another means to continue one’s duty—though the emotion of anger is also shown as a powerful, morally ambivalent driver in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Śikhaṇḍī’s bow has been cut; in immediate anger he quickly switches weapons, taking up a sword and a bright shield marked with ‘hundred-moon’ emblems, and continues fighting.