Shloka 13

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

शरैरग्निसमस्पर्शैराकर्णसमचोदितै: । स गाढविद्धो व्यथितो रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्‌

Transliteration

śarair agni-samasparśair ākarṇa-sama-coditaiḥ | sa gāḍha-viddho vyathito rathopastha upāviśat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck hard by arrows whose touch was like fire and which had been drawn and released to the ear with full force, he—deeply pierced and in pain—sank down and sat upon the floor of his chariot. The verse underscores the brutal immediacy of battle: skill and power, when yoked to wrath, turn into searing instruments that overwhelm even a warrior’s composure.

Word by Word

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अग्नि-सम-स्पर्शैः: having touch like fire (burning-hot)
• अग्नि-सम-स्पर्शैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि-सम-स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आकर्ण-सम-चोदितैः: impelled/drawn up to the ear (fully drawn)
• आकर्ण-सम-चोदितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकर्ण-सम-चोदित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गाढ-विद्धः: deeply pierced
• गाढ-विद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गाढ-विद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यथितः: pained, distressed
• व्यथितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथ-उपस्थे: on the seat of the chariot
• रथ-उपस्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथोपस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उपाविशत्: sat down
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-विश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)
• fire (agni)
• chariot (ratha)