Shloka 45
Devanagari script
अनेन चास्य क्षुरनेमिनाद्य संछिन्धि मूर्धानमरे: प्रसहा
Transliteration
anena cāsya kṣuraneminādya saṃchindhi mūrdhānam areḥ prasahā
Translation
Sañjaya dit : «Avec cette arme au tranchant de rasoir, tranche sur-le-champ la tête de cet ennemi : terrasse-le et fais-le sans hésitation.»
Word by Word
अनेनwith this
अनेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अस्यof him
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
क्षुरनेमिनाwith the razor-edged (weapon)
क्षुरनेमिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुरनेमि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
संछिन्धिcut off
संछिन्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootछिद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
मूर्धानम्head
मूर्धानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अरेःof the enemy
अरेः:
TypeNoun
Rootअरि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रसहforcibly, with violence
प्रसह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रसह
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaE
enemy (ari)R
razor-edged weapon (kṣuranemi)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 verse reflects the battlefield ethic of decisive action in a dharma-yuddha context: when combat is joined, hesitation can endanger one’s side, so the warrior is urged to act swiftly and effectively against an enemy.
Sañjaya narrates an urgent instruction in the midst of combat, urging that the opponent’s head be severed immediately with a sharp-edged weapon—an image of the ferocity and immediacy of the Karṇa Parva battles.