Shloka 3963

Devanagari script

दश चिक्षेप च शरान्‌ द्रोणस्य वधकाड्क्षया । इससे कुपित हुए विराटने रणभूमिमें द्रोणाचार्यके वधकी इच्छासे दस तोमर और दस बाण चलाये

Transliteration

daśa cikṣepa ca śarān droṇasya vadhakāṅkṣayā |

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。ドローナを討たんとの欲念に駆られ、彼は十本の矢を放ち、ドローナーチャールヤの死を狙い定めた。この句は、怒りとただ一人の敵を屠ることへの執着が武の決意を鋭くする一方で、戦場の暴力が負う道義の重みをいっそう増すことを示している。

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चिक्षेप: threw/shot
• चिक्षेप: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोणस्य: of Droṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वध: killing/slaying
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काङ्क्षया: with desire/with the wish
• काङ्क्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काङ्क्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds intention: the act of shooting arrows is driven by vadhakāṅkṣā (the desire to kill). In epic ethics, intention magnifies responsibility—focused hostility can make one effective in war, but it also deepens the moral gravity of the deed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior, intent on killing Droṇa, releases ten arrows at him in the midst of battle, marking an escalation of direct attempts against Droṇācārya.