Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वरायुधान्‌ पाणिगतै: शरै:ः सह क्षुरैन्यकृन्तत्‌ प्रपतन्‌ शिरांसि च

Transliteration

varāyudhān pāṇigataiḥ śaraiḥ saha kṣuraiḥ nyakṛntat prapatan śirāṃsi ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: With arrows shot from his own hand—together with razor-edged shafts—he cut down the heads of warriors bearing excellent weapons, so that they fell to the ground. The scene underscores the ruthless momentum of battle, where martial skill becomes an instrument of mass destruction and the ethical cost of war is made starkly visible.

Word by Word

• वरायुधान्: those with excellent weapons / well-armed (men)
• वरायुधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरायुध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाणिगतैः: held in the hand
• पाणिगतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाणिगत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• क्षुरैः: with razors/razor-edged (weapons)
• क्षुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न्यकृन्तत्: cut off / severed
• न्यकृन्तत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्तति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• प्रपतन्: falling (down)
• प्रपतन्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)
• razor-edged shafts (kṣura)
• heads (śiras)