Shloka 103

Devanagari script

त्वरन्‌ समावृणोद्‌ बाणैर्द:शासनममित्रजित्‌ | इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने शूरवीर दुःशासनको अपने बाणोंसे अत्यन्त आच्छादित कर दिया। जैसे मकड़ी अपने जालेसे किसी जीवको लपेट देती है, उसी प्रकार शंकितभावसे पास आये हुए दुःशासनको शत्रुविजयी सात्यकिने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ अपने बाणोंद्वारा आवृत कर लिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tvaran samāvṛṇod bāṇair duḥśāsanam amitrajit |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Hastening, the foe-conquering warrior completely covered Duḥśāsana with a shower of arrows. In the ethical atmosphere of the war, the verse highlights not counsel or restraint but the relentless execution of martial duty—overwhelming an approaching opponent through superior speed and skill.

Word by Word

• त्वरन्: hastening
• त्वरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समावृणोत्: covered, enveloped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + वृ (वृणोति)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन भूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• दुःशासनम्: Duhshasana (object)
• दुःशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अमित्रजित्: conqueror of foes (epithet of the subject)
• अमित्रजित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्रजित्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Amitrajit (epithet of the attacker)
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the kṣatriya ethos in the battlefield setting: when combat is joined, decisive action and mastery of weapons become the operative ‘duty.’ It presents effectiveness in battle—speed and complete suppression of the opponent—as a valued martial virtue within the epic’s war narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior described as ‘amitrajit’ rapidly showers Duḥśāsana with arrows, so thoroughly that Duḥśāsana is said to be ‘covered’ by them—an image of being overwhelmed by missile fire as he comes into range.