Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

पाण्डुपुत्रेण वै तस्य केतुं छिन्न॑ महात्मना

Transliteration

pāṇḍuputreṇa vai tasya ketuṃ chinnaṃ mahātmanā

Translation

Sañjaya said: That noble son of Pāṇḍu indeed cut down his banner—an act that, in the midst of battle, signified both tactical mastery and the moral resolve to break the enemy’s pride without wavering from his warrior-duty.

Word by Word

• पाण्डु-पुत्रेण: by the son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डु-पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed / surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• केतुम्: banner / standard
• केतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छिन्नम्: cut off / severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पाण्डुपुत्र (a son of Pāṇḍu; a Pāṇḍava)
• केतु (banner/standard)