Shloka 6

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

उलूकस्तं तु विंशत्या विद्ध्वा स्वर्णविभूषितै: । अथास्य समरे क्रुद्धों ध्वजं चिच्छेद काउ्चनम्‌,तब उलूकने संग्रामभूमिमें कुपित हो स्वर्णभूषित बीस बाणोंसे युयुत्सुको घायल करके उनके सुवर्णमय ध्वजको भी काट डाला

Transliteration

ulūkas taṃ tu viṃśatyā viddhvā svarṇavibhūṣitaiḥ | athāsya samare kruddho dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Ulūka, striking him with twenty arrows adorned with gold, then—angered in the thick of battle—cut down his golden banner. The act signals not only physical injury but a deliberate assault on honor and morale, for the banner stands as a warrior’s public emblem amid the ethical pressures of war.

Word by Word

उलूकःUlūka

तम्him

तुbut/indeed

विंशत्याwith twenty

विद्ध्वाhaving pierced/wounded

स्वर्णविभूषितैःadorned with gold (i.e., gold-decorated)

अथthen

अस्यof him / his

समरेin battle

क्रुद्धःangered

ध्वजम्banner/standard

चand

चिच्छेदcut off / severed

काञ्चनम्golden

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sanjaya)

उ

उलूक (Uluka)

य

युयुत्सु (Yuyutsu)

ध

ध्वज (banner/standard)

स

स्वर्ण/काञ्चन (gold)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes