Shloka 153

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

श्येनं सपक्ष॑ व्याधेन पातयामास तं तदा । इसके बाद एक पानीदार पैने एवं तीखे बाणसे पाण्डुनन्दन नकुलने शकुनिकी दोनों जाँघोंको विदीर्ण करके व्याधद्वारा विद्ध हुए पंखयुक्त बाज पक्षीके समान उसे गिरा दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śyenaṃ sapakṣaṃ vyādhena pātayāmāsa taṃ tadā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: At that moment Nakula, the son of Pāṇḍu, struck Śakuni with a sharp, piercing arrow and split both his thighs, bringing him down—like a winged hawk felled by a hunter. The image underscores how, in the ruthless ethics of battlefield combat, even the swift and powerful can be decisively cut down by a well-aimed blow.

Word by Word

• श्येनम्: hawk
• श्येनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सपक्षम्: winged (having wings)
• सपक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्याधेन: by the hunter
• व्याधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पातयामास: caused to fall; felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• Pāṇḍu
• Śakuni
• hawk (śyena)
• hunter (vyādha)
• arrow