Shloka 39

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

एवमेकशतं छिन्न॑ धनुषां दृढ्धन्विना

Transliteration

evam ekaśataṁ chinnaṁ dhanuṣāṁ dṛḍhadhanvinā

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「かくして、堅固なる射手によって、弓は百張りまでも断ち切られた――圧倒的な武の熟達を示す光景であり、技と決意が戦の悲惨な破壊のただ中で示されるがゆえに、この合戦の道義的重みはいよいよ増してゆく。」

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एकशतम्: one hundred
• एकशतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकशत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• छिन्नम्: cut, severed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• दृढधन्विना: by the firm-bowed (strong archer)
• दृढधन्विना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृढधन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bows (dhanuṣ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary power and skill can rapidly magnify destruction in war, prompting reflection on the ethical burden of martial excellence when exercised in a dharma-conflicted battlefield.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a resolute archer has cut down a hundred bows, emphasizing the intensity of the combat and the dominance of a single warrior in that moment.