Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तस्य चापच्युतैर्बाणै: परदेहविदारणै:

Transliteration

tasya cāpacyutair bāṇaiḥ paradehavidāraṇaiḥ

Translation

संजय बोले—और उसके बाण, जो लक्ष्य से न चूकने वाले थे और शत्रुओं के शरीर चीर डालते थे, …

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• अपच्युतैः: with unerring / not fallen aside
• अपच्युतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपच्युत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परदेहविदारणैः: with (arrows) that tear others' bodies
• परदेहविदारणैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-देह-विदारण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• बाण (arrows)
• परदेह (enemies’ bodies)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the disciplined precision and lethal efficacy of a warrior’s action in battle—skill directed toward a chosen end. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension: martial excellence can be admirable as kṣatriya-dharma, yet it operates within the tragic cost of war, where bodies are torn and lives are ended.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a combatant’s arrows as unfailing and body-rending, emphasizing the intensity of the fighting and the decisive, destructive impact of the missile volleys upon the enemy.