Shloka 35

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

भारद्वाजस्य हन्तारं भूरिवीर्यपराक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

bhāradvājasya hantāraṃ bhūrivīryaparākramam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「（王は見たのだ）バーラドヴァージャの子を討った者を――豊かな力と英雄の武勇を備えたその戦士が、戦場の陰鬱な道義の靄の中に立ち現れていた。そこでは勇気と殺戮の重荷とが、切り離せぬまま絡み合っている。」

Word by Word

• भारद्वाजस्य: of Bhāradvāja
• भारद्वाजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हन्तारम्: slayer, killer
• हन्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूरिवीर्यपराक्रमम्: of great strength and prowess
• भूरिवीर्यपराक्रमम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरिवीर्यपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhāradvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights a recurring Mahābhārata tension: martial excellence (vīrya, parākrama) is praised, yet it is inseparable from the grave moral weight of being a 'hantā' (slayer). It invites reflection on kṣatriya duty and the ethical cost of victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, identifies a formidable warrior by a defining deed—having slain Bhāradvāja’s son—and characterizes him as exceptionally powerful and valorous.