Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अथान्येन सुपुड्खेन शरेणानतपर्वणा । आजलचघान भ्रुवोर्मध्ये धृष्टदुम्नं परंतप:

Transliteration

athānyena supuṅkhena śareṇānataparvaṇā | ājau jaghāna bhruvormadhye dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ paraṃtapaḥ ||

Translation

तत्पश्चात् परंतप ने सुन्दर पंखों वाले और गाँठों पर न झुके हुए दूसरे बाण से रणभूमि में धृष्टद्युम्न को दोनों भौंहों के बीच आघात किया।

Word by Word

अथthen

अन्येनwith another

सुपुङ्खेनwith a well-feathered (arrow)

शरेणwith an arrow

अनतपर्वणाhaving unbent joints/segments (of the shaft)

अञ्जलिकघानthe slayer of Añjalika (i.e., Arjuna)

भ्रुवोःof the two eyebrows

मध्येin the middle

धृष्टद्युम्नम्Dhrishtadyumna

परंतपःthe scorcher of foes

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

śara (arrow)

battlefield (āja)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh clarity of battlefield dharma: warriors act with unwavering skill and resolve, and outcomes hinge on discipline, precision, and destiny rather than sentiment. It invites reflection on how duty-driven action in war carries grave ethical weight even when performed according to one’s role.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a specific combat moment: a powerful fighter (described as paraṃtapaḥ) shoots another, well-made arrow and hits Dhṛṣṭadyumna squarely between the eyebrows in the midst of battle.