Shloka 61

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

त॑ पार्थों दशभिर्बाणै: प्रत्यविध्यद्‌ रणाजिरे

Transliteration

taṁ pārtho daśabhir bāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyad raṇājire

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ປາຣຖະ (ອາຣຊຸນ) ໄດ້ຍິງຕອບກັບ ດ້ວຍລູກສອນສິບດອກ ຈົ່ມເຂົາໃນທັນທີ».

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रत्यविध्यत्: pierced/struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + व्यध् (प्रति-अव-)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• arrows
• battlefield (raṇājira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects kṣatriya-dharma in wartime: when attacked, a warrior may respond with proportionate, disciplined force—action governed by duty rather than personal cruelty, even amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, on the battlefield, counters an opponent by piercing him with ten arrows, indicating an exchange of blows in the ongoing combat of Droṇa Parva.