Shloka 23
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
Devanagari script
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं पाज्चाल्य: शत्रुकर्शन:
Transliteration
tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ pāñcālyaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ
Translation
संजय ने कहा—वह कटा हुआ धनुष त्यागकर, शत्रुओं को पीड़ित करने वाला पाञ्चाल्य योद्धा फिर भी युद्ध के लिए अडिग रहा।
Word by Word
तत्that (it)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपास्यhaving cast away
अपास्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअप + अस् (धातु: अस्/अस्— 'to throw, cast'; here in sense 'to cast away')
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
धनुःbow
धनुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
छिन्नम्cut/broken
छिन्नम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootछिन्न (from धातु: छिद्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पाञ्चाल्यःthe Pāñcāla prince (Dhrṣṭadyumna)
पाञ्चाल्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चाल्य (पञ्चाल-सम्बन्धी)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शत्रुकर्शनःcrusher of enemies
शत्रुकर्शनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootशत्रुकर्शन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
Pāñcāla (warrior)B
bow (dhanuḥ)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
Steadfastness in one’s duty: when a weapon is lost or broken, a warrior committed to dharma does not collapse into despair but continues with presence of mind and resolve.
In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, a Pāñcāla fighter’s bow has been cut; he throws the broken bow aside and continues the combat, marked by the epithet “śatrukarśana,” ‘afflicter of enemies.’