Shloka 8

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

अथ तेन स शब्देन ज्यायाश्रैव शरस्य च

Transliteration

atha tena sa śabdena jyāyāś caiva śarasya ca

Translation

तब धनुष की प्रत्यंचा के टंकार और बाण की सनसनाहट के उस शब्द से (वह क्षण चिह्नित हुआ)।

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तेन: by that (with that)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शब्देन: by/with the sound
• शब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ज्यायाः: of the bowstring
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शरस्य: of the arrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• jyā (bowstring)
• śara (arrow)
• śabda (sound)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses martial sound-imagery to underscore alertness and consequence: in dharma-narratives, even a brief sign (like the twang of a bowstring and the flight of an arrow) can signal decisive action and the ethical weight of intent and execution.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a moment identified by a distinctive sound—specifically the twang of the bowstring and the sound associated with the arrow—indicating that an arrow has been released and that a consequential action is underway.