Shloka 20

Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall

Book 7, Chapter 164

Devanagari script

सात्वतो5पि रणे क्रुद्ध: सोमदत्तस्य धन्विन: । धनुश्विच्छेद भल्‍्लेन क्षुरप्रेण शितेन ह

Transliteration

sātvato 'pi raṇe kruddhaḥ somadattasya dhanvinaḥ | dhanuś ciccheda bhallena kṣurapreṇa śitena ha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Even the Sātvata warrior, inflamed with wrath in the thick of battle, severed the bow of Somadatta the archer with a sharp, razor-edged arrow. The episode underscores how, amid the moral strain of war, mastery and restraint are shown not only by killing but by disabling an opponent’s means of harm.

Word by Word

• सात्वतः: the Sātvata (Kṛṣṇa)
• सात्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सोमदत्तस्य: of Somadatta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धन्विनः: of the archer
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विच्छेद: cut asunder
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• भल्लेन: with a bhalla-arrow
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षुरप्रेण: with a razor-headed (arrow)
• क्षुरप्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरप्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शितेन: sharp
• शितेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātvata (Yādava warrior)
• Somadatta
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• bhalla arrow
• kṣurapra (razor-edged arrow)