Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तस्य भीमो भधर्नुर्मध्ये द्वाभ्यां चिच्छेद मारिष । भल्लाभ्यां भरतश्रेष्ठ सैन्धवस्य महात्मन:,माननीय भरतश्रेष्ठ; उस समय भीमसेनने दो भल्ल मारकर महामना सिन्धुराजके धनुषको बीचसे ही काट दिया

Transliteration

tasya bhīmo dhanur madhye dvābhyāṃ ciccheda māriṣa | bhallābhyāṃ bharataśreṣṭha saindhavasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ແລ້ວນັ້ນ ພີມະ ໂອ ທ່ານຜູ້ນ່າເຄົາລົບ ໄດ້ຍິງລູກສອນອັນແຫຼມຄົມສອງດອກ ຕັດຄັນທະນູຂອງ ສາຍນທະວະ ຜູ້ມີໃຈຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ໃຫ້ຂາດກາງ.

Word by Word

तस्यof him (of that)

भीमःBhima

धनुःbow

मध्येin the middle

द्वाभ्याम्with two (arrows)

चिच्छेदcut, severed

मारिषO venerable one / sir

भल्लाभ्याम्with two bhalla-arrows

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

सैन्धवस्यof the Saindhava (Jayadratha)

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Saindhava (Jayadratha, Sindhu-rāja)

bow (dhanuḥ)

bhalla arrows (bhalla)

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?

Even amid violent conflict, skill and judgment matter: disarming an adversary can be a dharmically intelligible tactic within kṣatriya warfare, emphasizing controlled prowess over blind rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma shoots two bhalla-arrows and slices Saindhava (Jayadratha)’s bow in the middle, effectively neutralizing his immediate ability to fight with that weapon.