Shloka 11

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

श्रुतायुश्न ततः क्रुद्धस्तोमरेण धनंजयम्‌ । आजघान रथश्रेष्ठ: पीतेन निशितेन च,फिर रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ श्रुतायुने कुृपित होकर पानीदार तीखी धारवाले तोमरसे अर्जुनपर आघात किया

Transliteration

Śrutāyuḥ tataḥ kruddhas tomareṇa dhanañjayam | ājaghāna rathaśreṣṭhaḥ pītena niśitena ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Śrutāyu, enraged, struck Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) with a tomara—sharp-edged and gleaming like gold. In the moral atmosphere of the war, the verse highlights how wrath (krodha) drives warriors to ever more violent escalation, even against the foremost heroes.

Word by Word

• श्रुतायु: Śrutāyu (a warrior)
• श्रुतायु: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तोमरेण: with a javelin/spear
• तोमरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धनंजयम्: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आजघान: struck, smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• रथश्रेष्ठः: best of chariot-warriors
• रथश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पीतेन: yellow/golden
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निशितेन: sharp, whetted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śrutāyu
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• tomara (weapon)
• ratha (chariot)