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Shloka 17

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

सकम्पनर्टिनखरा मुसलानि परश्चधा: । क्षुरा: क्षुरप्रनालीका वत्सदन्तास्थिसन्धय:,फिर तो अर्जुनके ऊपर दंडे, लोहेके गोले, पत्थर, शतघ्नी, शक्ति, गदा, परिघ, खड़्ग, शूल, मुदगर, पट्टिश, कम्पन, ऋष्टि, नखर, मुसल, फरसे, छूरे, क्षुरप्र, नालीक, वत्सदन्त, अस्थिसंधि, चक्र, बाण, प्रास तथा अन्य नाना प्रकारके सैकड़ों अस्त्र-शस्त्र सम्पूर्ण दिशाओं और विदिशाओंसे आ-आकर पड़ने लगे

sakampanārṭinakhārā musalāni paraśvadhāḥ | kṣurāḥ kṣurapraṇālīkā vatsadantāsthisandhayaḥ ||

サञ्जयは言った。「震わせる“カンパナ”の武器、槍と釘のごとき飛礫、重きムサラ(杵)と戦斧。刃、剃刀のように鋭い鏃をもつ矢、筒状の投射具、犢の歯や節ある骨に似せて作られた武器――かくも多様な兵刃が、あらゆる方角から奔り来てアルジュナに降りかかった。」

सकम्पनwith trembling / trembling (weapon-name or descriptor)
सकम्पन:
TypeNoun
Rootकम्पन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ऋष्टिspear, lance
ऋष्टि:
TypeNoun
Rootऋष्टि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नखराःclaw-like weapons / talons
नखराः:
TypeNoun
Rootनखर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मुसलानिpestles, clubs
मुसलानि:
TypeNoun
Rootमुसल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
परश्चधाःaxes
परश्चधाः:
TypeNoun
Rootपरश्वध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
क्षुराःrazors / sharp blades
क्षुराः:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
क्षुरप्रनालीकाःrazor-edged nalīka missiles (a kind of weapon)
क्षुरप्रनालीकाः:
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुरप्र-नालीक
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
वत्सदन्तcalf-tooth (weapon-name)
वत्सदन्त:
TypeNoun
Rootवत्सदन्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्थिbone
अस्थि:
TypeNoun
Rootअस्थि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सन्धयःjoints, connections
सन्धयः:
TypeNoun
Rootसन्धि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)
अर्जुन (Arjuna)
ऋष्टि (spear)
नखर (claw-like weapon)
मुसल (pestle/club)
परश्वध (battle-axe)
क्षुर (razor weapon)
क्षुरप्र (razor-headed shaft)
नालीक (tubular missile)
वत्सदन्त (tooth-shaped weapon)
अस्थिसन्धि (jointed/bone-like weapon)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical strain of warfare: even a righteous warrior faces overwhelming, indiscriminate aggression. The implied lesson is steadiness (dhairya) and disciplined action under chaos—responding with skill and restraint rather than panic or cruelty.

Sañjaya narrates that numerous kinds of weapons—clubs, axes, spears, razor-like missiles, and other specialized arms—are being hurled from all directions toward Arjuna, emphasizing the intensity of the assault and Arjuna’s ordeal on the battlefield.