Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सर्वाश्न समरे राजन्‌ किरीटी क्षत्रियर्षभान्‌ । परिचिक्षेप बीभत्सु: सर्वतः प्रकिरन्‌ शरान्‌,राजन! किरीटधारी अर्जुनने समरांगणमें सब ओर बाणोंकी वर्षा करके कौरवपक्षके समस्त क्षत्रिय-शिरोमणियोंको मार भगाया

Transliteration

sarvān samare rājan kirīṭī kṣatriyarṣabhān | paricikṣepa bībhatsuḥ sarvataḥ prakiran śarān ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, di medan laga Arjuna sang pemakai mahkota (Bībhatsu) menghujani panah ke segala arah, mengacaukan dan memukul mundur semua kesatria unggul di pihak Kaurava.

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किरीटी: the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षत्रियर्षभान्: bulls among kshatriyas (foremost warriors)
• क्षत्रियर्षभान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रियर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परिचिक्षेप: scattered/overwhelmed (cast around)
• परिचिक्षेप: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• बीभत्सुः: Bībhatsu (Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• प्रकिरन्: scattering, showering
• प्रकिरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-किॄ
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Kirīṭī/Bībhatsu)
• Kṣatriya warriors (Kaurava side implied)
• Arrows (śarāḥ)
• Battlefield (samara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of focused skill and resolve in fulfilling a warrior’s duty (kṣatriya-dharma), while implicitly pointing to the moral weight of warfare: even rightful prowess manifests through harm, scattering, and fear on the battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, wearing his diadem, unleashes arrows in all directions and thereby scatters/routs the foremost Kṣatriya fighters of the opposing (Kaurava) host.