Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अहमप्यस्य मूर्धानं पातयिष्यामि सायकै: । मन्यते छिन्नबाहुं मां भूरिश्रवसमाहवे

Transliteration

aham apy asya mūrdhānaṁ pātayiṣyāmi sāyakaiḥ | manyate chinnabāhuṁ māṁ bhūriśravasam āhave ||

Translation

Aku pun akan menjatuhkan kepalanya dengan anak panahku. Di tengah pertempuran, Bhūriśravas mengira aku seperti orang yang lengannya telah tertebas.

Word by Word

अहम्I

अपिalso/even

अस्यof him/of this (man)

मूर्धानम्head

पातयिष्यामिI will cause to fall / strike down

सायकैःwith arrows

मन्यतेhe thinks/supposes

छिन्नबाहुम्me whose arms are cut off

माम्me

भूरिश्रवसम्Bhūriśravas

आहवेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhūriśravas

arrows

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 how battlefield pride and contempt for an opponent (“he thinks me armless”) can provoke retaliatory resolve, illustrating the ethical tension in war where personal insult and vengeance can eclipse restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a warrior’s fierce intention to behead an adversary with arrows, responding to Bhūriśravas’s belief that the speaker is already disabled (with arms cut off) and thus to be disregarded in combat.