Shloka 49

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

आवार्य पाण्डवं बाणैहन्तुकामो महाबल:

Transliteration

āvārya pāṇḍavaṃ bāṇair hantukāmo mahābalaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: With a shower of arrows he checked the Pāṇḍava, and—being intent on killing—advanced with great might. The line underscores the war’s grim momentum: martial power is directed by a deliberate will to destroy, highlighting how intention (kāma/saṅkalpa) drives action amid the collapse of restraint in battle.

Word by Word

• आवार्य: having warded off / having checked
• आवार्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√वृ (वृञ्) / आवार्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (अव्ययभावे), कर्तरि, पूर्वकाल (absolutive)

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna/Pandava warrior)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हन्तुकामः: desiring to kill
• हन्तुकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्तु-काम (काम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पाण्डव (a Pāṇḍava warrior)
• बाण (arrows)