Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तांश्कर्त शरैः पार्थ: सरोषाग्निसमुक्षितै: । विविशुश्नापि तं दीप्तं देहाभावाय पावकम्‌,यह देख अर्जुनने रोषाग्निप्रेरित बाणोंद्वारा उन सबके टुकड़े-टुकड़े कर डाले और वे सभी अपने शरीरको भस्म करनेके लिये उस जलती हुई आगमें समा गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tāṁś cakarta śaraiḥ pārthaḥ saroṣāgnisamukṣitaiḥ | viviśuś cāpi taṁ dīptaṁ dehābhāvāya pāvakam |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Pārtha (Arjuna), his arrows driven by the fire of wrath, cut them all to pieces; and they too entered that blazing fire, seeking the destruction of their bodies. The scene underscores how uncontrolled anger turns martial skill into sheer annihilation, and how the victims, seeing no refuge, choose self-consuming surrender to the flames rather than continued suffering.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अकर्त: made / did
• अकर्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सरोष: with anger
• सरोष: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-रोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अग्नि: fire
• अग्नि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समुक्षितैः: kindled / inflamed
• समुक्षितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उक्ष्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्तम्: blazing
• दीप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• देह: of the body
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अभावाय: for destruction / disappearance
• अभावाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पावकम्: fire
• पावकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• śara (arrows)
• pāvaka/agni (fire)