Shloka 37

द्रौणिप्रतिज्ञा–नारायणास्त्रवर्णनम्

Drauṇi’s Vow and the Description of the Nārāyaṇāstra

Devanagari script

सो5तिविद्धों बलवता तव पुत्रेण धन्विना । विरराज महाबाहु: सशृज्ञ इव पर्वतः,आपके बलवान धनुर्धर पुत्रद्वारा चलाये हुए उन बाणोंसे अत्यन्त घायल हो महाबाहु प्रतिविन्ध्य तीन शिखरोंवाले पर्वतके समान सुशोभित हुआ

Transliteration

so ’tividdho balavatā tava putreṇa dhanvinā | virarāja mahābāhuḥ saśṛṅga iva parvataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck again and again and grievously wounded by the powerful arrows shot from your son’s bow, the mighty-armed Prativindhya still shone forth—like a mountain crowned with peaks. Even amid injury, the warrior’s steadfast presence becomes a stark image of endurance within the harsh ethics of battlefield duty.

Word by Word

सःhe

अतिविद्धःpierced exceedingly / grievously wounded

बलवताby the strong (one)

तवof you / your

पुत्रेणby (your) son

धन्विनाby the bowman / archer

विरराजshone forth / appeared splendid

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed (hero)

सशृङ्गःhaving peaks / with summits

इवlike, as if

पर्वतःa mountain

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')

tava putra (your son; the archer)

Prativindhya

bow (dhanus, implied by dhanvin)

arrows (bāṇa, implied)

mountain (parvata)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes