Shloka 92

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

पार्थश्व पुरुषव्याप्र: शरै: संनतपर्वभि: । जघान धार्तराष्ट्रस्य चतुर्विधबलां चमूम्‌,पुरुषसिंह पार्थने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणोंद्वारा दुर्योधनकी चतुरंगिणी सेनाका संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

pārthaś ca puruṣavyāghraḥ śaraiḥ sannatapārṇibhiḥ | jaghāna dhārtarāṣṭrasya caturvidhabalāṃ camūm ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。ついでパールタ（アルジュナ）――人中の虎――は、節のところでしなった矢柄の矢を放ち、ダールタラーシュトラの子の四軍（車・象・馬・歩）を討ち崩し、粉砕した。

Word by Word

पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)

पुरुषव्याघ्रःtiger among men (hero)

शरैःwith arrows

सन्नतपर्वभिःhaving bent/curved joints (knotted)

जघानslew, struck down

धार्तराष्ट्रस्यof Dhritarashtra’s son (Duryodhana)

चतुर्विधबलाम्having fourfold forces (four divisions)

चमूम्army

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana / Kaurava host)

caturvidha-bala (fourfold army: ratha, gaja, aśva, padāti)

śara (arrows)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the decisive power of disciplined martial excellence in a dharma-framed war, while implicitly pointing to the ethical weight of warfare: victory achieved through skill still entails vast destruction and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna (Pārtha) uses his arrows to devastate Duryodhana’s fourfold Kaurava army—chariots, elephants, cavalry, and infantry—marking a major surge in the battle’s intensity.