Shloka 1003

Devanagari script

शतमाशीविषाभानां प्रेषयामास भारत । भारत! उसने धनुषको कानतक खींचकर प्रचण्ड तेजसे युक्त और विषैले सर्पोके समान भयंकर सौ बाण भीमसेनपर चलाये

Transliteration

śatam āśīviṣābhānāṁ preṣayāmāsa bhārata |

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಭಾರತ, ಅವನು ಧನುಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಕಿವಿವರೆಗೆ ಎಳೆದು, ಪ್ರಚಂಡ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತವಾದ, ವಿಷಸರ್ಪಗಳಂತೆ ಭಯಂಕರವಾದ ನೂರು ಬಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಭೀಮಸೇನನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಯೋಗಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आशीविषाभानाम्: of (those) resembling venomous serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीविषाभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रेषयामास: sent/shot forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra addressed)
• Bhīmasena
• bow (dhanus)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• venomous serpents (āśīviṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the intensification of martial violence in war: skill and power are displayed through extreme force (a full-drawn bow and a barrage of arrows). Ethically, it underscores how battle can rapidly escalate, testing restraint and dharma even among kṣatriya warriors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior (implied by context) draws his bow to the ear and shoots a hundred terrifying, serpent-like arrows at Bhīmasena, marking a fierce exchange in the Drona Parva battle scenes.