Shloka 29

द्रोणेन केकय-चेदि-वीरवधः

Droṇa’s engagements with the Kekayas and Cedis

Devanagari script

तस्यार्जुन: शरै: षड्भिग्रीवां पादौ भुजी शिर: । निचकर्त स संछिज्ञ: पपाताद्रिचयो यथा,तब अर्जुनने छः: बाणोंद्वारा उसकी गर्दन, दोनों पैरों, दोनों भुजाओं तथा मस्तकको भी काट डाला। इस प्रकार छिजन्न-भिन्न होकर वह पर्वतसमूहके समान धराशायी हो गया

Transliteration

tasyārjunaḥ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhir grīvāṃ pādau bhujau śiraḥ | nicakarta sa saṃchinnaḥ papātādricayo yathā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arjuna, with six arrows, severed his neck, both feet, both arms, and his head. Cut into pieces, he collapsed to the ground like a mass of mountains—an image that underscores the terrible finality of war and the swift, decisive force of a master archer in battle.

Word by Word

तस्यof him

अर्जुनःArjuna

शरैःwith arrows

षड्भिःwith six

ग्रीवाम्neck

पादौtwo feet

भुजीtwo arms

शिरःhead

निचकर्तcut off / severed

सःhe

संछिन्नःcut up / severed

पपातfell

अद्रिचयःmasses/heaps of mountains

यथाas / like

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

arrows (śara)

Sandhi Notes