Shloka 893

Devanagari script

क्षुरप्रेण धनुश्छित्त्वा द्रौणिं विव्याध पत्रिणा । यह देख महाबली महाबाहु भीमसेनने युद्धस्थलमें एक क्षुरप्रसे अश्वत्थामाका धनुष काटकर पंखदार बाणसे उसको भी घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

kṣurapreṇa dhanuś chittvā drauṇiṃ vivyādha patriṇā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having severed Aśvatthāman’s bow with a razor-headed arrow, Bhīmasena then struck Droṇa’s son again with a feathered shaft. The episode highlights the ruthless precision of battlefield skill—disarming an opponent first, then wounding him—within the grim, duty-bound logic of war.

Word by Word

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

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

• छित्त्वा: having cut
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• द्रौणिम्: Drauni (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रौणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पत्रिणा: with a feathered (arrow)
• पत्रिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi)
• Bhīmasena
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• razor-headed arrow (kṣurapra)
• feathered arrow (patriṇa)