Shloka 69
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents
Devanagari script
चिच्छेदेन्द्रध्वजाकारौ शिरक्षान्येन पत्रिणा । तब अर्जुनने उसकी गदासहित, इन्द्रध्वजके समान उठी हुई दोनों भुजाओंको दो क्षुरप्रोंसे काट डाला और पंखयुक्त दूसरे बाणसे उसके मस्तकको भी काट गिराया ।। स पपात हतो राजन् वसुधामनुनादयन्
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca |
chiccheda indradhvajākārau śirakṣānyena patriṇā |
sa papāta hato rājan vasudhām anunādayan ||
Translation
Sanjaya said: With another feathered arrow, he severed the head; and with a keen shaft he cut down the two upraised arms that stood like Indra’s banner. Struck down, the warrior fell, O King, making the earth resound—an image of how prowess and pride alike are brought to silence amid the inexorable law of battle.
Word by Word
चिच्छेदcut, severed
चिच्छेद:
TypeVerb
Rootछिद्
Formलिट् (Perfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
इन्द्रध्वजाकारौhaving the form of Indra’s banner (flagstaff-like)
इन्द्रध्वजाकारौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइन्द्रध्वजाकार
Formmasculine, accusative, dual
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
क्षान्येनwith another (different) [arrow]
क्षान्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षान्य
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
पत्रिणाwith a feathered (winged) [arrow]
पत्रिणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपत्रिन्
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पपातfell
पपात:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
Formलिट् (Perfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
हतःslain
हतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootहन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
वसुधाम्the earth, ground
वसुधाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
अनुनादयन्resounding, causing to reverberate
अनुनादयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-नद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, शतृ (present active participle)
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SanjayaK
King Dhritarashtra (addressed as rājan)I
Indra (by comparison: indradhvaja)I
Indra-dhvaja (banner of Indra)A
arrow (patriṇ)E
earth (vasudhā)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes