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Shloka 46

Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana

The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint

सृत्या वज्चयतो राजन पुनरेवोत्पतिष्यत: । ऊरुभ्यां प्राहिणोद्‌ राजन्‌ गदां वेगेन पाण्डव:

sṛtyā vañcayato rājan punar evotpatīṣyataḥ | ūrubhyāṁ prāhiṇod rājan gadāṁ vegena pāṇḍavaḥ ||

રાજન, દુર્યોધન પાંખી ચાલથી છલ કરીને ફરી ઉછળી ઊઠવા જતો હતો ત્યારે પાંડવ ભીમસેને તેની યુક્તિ સમજી સિંહનાદ કર્યો અને ભારે વેગથી તેની જાંઘો પર ગદા ચલાવી।

सृत्याby a feint/stratagem (by dodging)
सृत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसृति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
वञ्चयतःof (him) who is trying to deceive/evade
वञ्चयतः:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootवञ्च्
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उत्पतिष्यतःof (him) about to leap up
उत्पतिष्यतः:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-पत्
FormFuture active participle (periphrastic sense), Masculine, Genitive, Singular
ऊरुभ्याम्with/at the two thighs
ऊरुभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
प्राहिणोत्sent/struck (hurled)
प्राहिणोत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-हि
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गदाम्mace
गदाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगदा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
वेगेनwith force/impetus
वेगेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवेग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Bhima)
पाण्डवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
K
King (addressed listener, traditionally Dhṛtarāṣṭra in narration)
P
Pāṇḍava (Bhīma/Bhīmasena)
D
Duryodhana (implied by context of the duel)
G
gadā (mace)
Ū
ūrū (thighs)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the tension between victory and righteous conduct in war: tactical deception invites a forceful counter, yet the chosen target (the thighs) evokes debate about adherence to the accepted rules of mace-dueling and the moral cost of decisive violence.

During the climactic mace duel, Duryodhana attempts to evade through a feint and prepares to leap again; Bhīma anticipates this and launches a powerful mace-blow aimed at Duryodhana’s thighs, a turning point that effectively decides the contest.