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Shloka 19

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent

सतुतान्‌ प्रतिविव्याध त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिद्ागै: । नृत्यन्निव महाराज चापहस्त: प्रतापवान्‌,महाराज! उस समय धनुष हाथमें लिये प्रतापी अभिमन्युने जैसे नाच रहा हो, इस प्रकार सब ओर घूम-घूमकर उन सब महारथियोंको तीन-तीन बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

sūtān prativivyādha tribhis tribhir ajidāgaiḥ | nṛtyann iva mahārāja cāpahastaḥ pratāpavān ||

ಮಹಾರಾಜ! ಧನುಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದ ಪ್ರತಾಪವಂತನಾದ ಅಭಿಮನ್ಯು ನೃತ್ಯಮಾಡುವವನಂತೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಿರುಗುತ್ತಾ, ವಕ್ರವಾಗದ ನೇರಗತಿಯ ಮೂರು ಮೂರು ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಅವರನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿವಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿಸಿದನು।

तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रतिविव्याधpierced, wounded
प्रतिविव्याध:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (विध्) / व्यध् (to pierce)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
त्रिभिःwith three (each time)
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अजिह्वगैःwith (arrows) that are 'tongueless' (i.e., serpent-like/straight, swift arrows)
अजिह्वगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअजिह्वग (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
नृत्यन्dancing
नृत्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनृत् (to dance)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
चापहस्तःhaving a bow in hand / bow-handed
चापहस्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचापहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतापवान्mighty, valiant
प्रतापवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
S
sūta (charioteers)
C
cāpa (bow)
B
bāṇa (arrows)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights disciplined prowess in the midst of violence: even in war, effectiveness comes from mastery, focus, and controlled movement—qualities expected of a kṣatriya acting within the demands of battle.

Sañjaya describes a warrior’s agile combat display: moving around as if dancing, bow in hand, he wounds the charioteers by striking each with three arrows, disrupting the enemy’s chariot operations.