Shloka 35

कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat

Devanagari script

सुशर्मा तु ततो राजन्‌ बाणेनानतपर्वणा

Transliteration

suśarmā tu tato rājan bāṇenānataparvaṇā

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「それから王よ、スシュルマーは節の切れぬ矢を放って打ち当てた。」

Word by Word

• सुशर्मा: Susharman (proper name)
• सुशर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then/from there/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बाणेन: with an arrow
• बाणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनतपर्वणा: having unbent joints (i.e., straight/rigid)
• अनतपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनतपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Suśarmā
• arrow (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how, in war, determination and technical prowess (symbolized by a firm, unyielding arrow) can intensify violence; ethically, it invites reflection on how skill and resolve, when yoked to hostility, magnify harm rather than uphold dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his battlefield report to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, stating that Suśarmā then struck (the target is implied by the surrounding context) with a strong, unbending arrow, marking a fresh exchange of missile-weapons in the ongoing combat.