Shloka 40

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

न च द्वितीयं व्यसृजत्‌ कुण्जराश्वनरेषु सः । पृथगेकशरारुग्णा निपेतुस्ते गतासव:,हाथी, घोड़े और मनुष्योंपर अर्जुन दूसरा बाण नहीं छोड़ते थे। वे सब-के-सब पृथक्‌- पृथक्‌ एक ही बाणसे घायल हो प्राणशून्य होकर धरतीपर गिर पड़ते थे

Transliteration

na ca dvitīyaṃ vyasṛjat kuñjarāśvanareṣu saḥ | pṛthag ekaśarārugṇā nipetuste gatāsavaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: He did not release a second arrow against elephants, horses, or men. Each of them, struck separately and wounded by a single shaft, fell to the earth bereft of life—showing the terrible precision and unstoppable momentum of Arjuna’s warfare in that moment.

Word by Word

नnot

चand

द्वितीयम्a second (one)

व्यसृजत्released, discharged

कुञ्जरon/among elephants

अश्वon/among horses

नरेषुon/among men

सःhe (Arjuna)

पृथक्separately, individually

एकwith one (single)

शरarrow

अरुग्णाःwounded, injured

निपेतुःfell down

तेthey

गतासवःlifeless (whose life-breath had gone)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna (implied by context)

elephants

horses

men/warriors

arrow (śara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes