Shloka 28

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

कराभ्यामाददानस्य संदधानस्य चाशुगान्‌

Transliteration

karābhyām ādadānasya saṃdadhānasya cāśugān

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະເວົ້າວ່າ: (ເຂົາຖືກເຫັນ) ຢື່ນມືທັງສອງຢືດເອົາລູກສອນ ແລ້ວປະກອບລູກສອນທີ່ບິນໄວນັ້ນໃສ່ຄັນທະນູຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ມຸ່ງໝາຍຈະຍິງທັນທີ—ເປັນພາບຂອງວິໄນການຮົບທີ່ຝຶກຝົນມາດີ ທ່າມກາງກົດແຫ່ງສົງຄາມອັນບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ.

Word by Word

• कराभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• कराभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• आददानस्य: of (him) taking/seizing
• आददानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (ददाति)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संदधानस्य: of (him) fixing/placing/setting (on the bow)
• संदधानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा (दधाति)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आशुगान्: swift arrows
• आशुगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• आशुग (swift arrows/shafts)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights disciplined action and readiness in a warrior’s role: skillful, swift execution of duty in the harsh moral landscape of battle, where competence and resolve become ethically charged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a combatant in the midst of fighting—grasping arrows with both hands and quickly setting them to be shot—emphasizing speed, training, and the escalating momentum of the encounter.