Shloka 7

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 29 — Arjuna’s defeat of Vṛṣaka–Acalā and the neutralization of Śakuni’s māyā

Devanagari script

सोडर्करश्मिनिभांस्ती क्ष्णांस्तोमरान्‌ वै चतुर्दश । अप्रेषयत्‌ सव्यसाची द्विधैकैकमथाच्छिनत्‌,भगदत्तने सूर्यकी किरणोंके समान तीखे चौदह तोमर चलाये, परंतु सव्यसाची अर्जुनने उनमेंसे प्रत्येकके दो-दो टुकड़े कर डाले

Transliteration

soḍaśārka-raśmi-nibhāṁs tīkṣṇāṁs tomarān vai caturdaśa | apreṣayat savyasācī dvidhaikaikam athācchinat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Bhagadatta hurled fourteen sharp javelins, blazing like the sun’s rays. Yet Arjuna, famed as Savyasācī for his equal mastery with both hands, met each missile with perfect control and split every one of them into two—showing disciplined skill in battle rather than reckless fury.

Word by Word

• सोडश: sixteen
• सोडश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• किरण-निभान्: like sunbeams/rays
• किरण-निभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किरणनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तीक्ष्णान्: sharp
• तीक्ष्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तोमरान्: javelins/spears
• तोमरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अप्रेषयत्: sent/shot
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular

• सव्यसाची: the ambidextrous one (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विधा: into two (parts)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विधा

• एक-एकम्: each one (individually)
• एक-एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अच्छिनत्: cut (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Savyasācī)
• Bhagadatta
• tomara (javelins)