Shloka 18

दुःशासन-सहदेव-संक्षोभः; भीम-राधेय-गदायुद्धम्; द्रोण-पार्थ-अस्त्रसंग्रामः

Duhshasana–Sahadeva Clash; Bhima–Karna Mace Exchange; Drona–Arjuna Astra Duel

Devanagari script

सा पाण्डुपुत्रस्य शरैर्दीयमाणा महाचमू:

Transliteration

sā pāṇḍuputrasya śarair dīyamānā mahācamūḥ

Translation

ກອງທັບອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງນັ້ນ ເມື່ອຖືກລູກສອນຂອງບຸດແຫ່ງປານດຸ ຍິງທະລຸ ແລະສັບຊ້ຳ ກໍຖືກຂັບໃຫ້ຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມທຸກລຳບາກ; ກຳລັງແລະລະບຽບຂອງມັນແຕກສະລາຍພາຍໃຕ້ການຈູ່ໂຈມອັນບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ. ຂໍ້ຄວາມນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ໃນສົງຄາມ ແມ່ນແຕ່ກອງທັບໃຫຍ່ກໍອາດຖືກທຳລາຍໄດ້ ເມື່ອປະຈັນໜ້າກັບຝີມືທີ່ມຸ່ງເປົ້າ ແລະຄວາມແນ່ວແນ່ບໍ່ຫວັ່ນໄຫວ.

Word by Word

साshe/that (f.)

पाण्डु-पुत्रस्यof the son of Pāṇḍu (i.e., of a Pāṇḍava)

शरैःwith arrows

दीयमाणाbeing given/being dealt (upon)

महा-चमूःthe great army

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍuputra (son of Pāṇḍu—contextually Arjuna)

śara (arrows)

mahācamū (great army)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of collective power when confronted by concentrated skill and determination; ethically, it reflects the harsh reality of kṣatriya warfare where prowess decisively shapes outcomes, even as it brings widespread suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

A large army formation is being heavily assailed by the arrows of the Pāṇḍava warrior (most likely Arjuna), causing the host to falter under sustained missile attack.