Mahabharata 7.95.22 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 95, Shloka 22

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

ते जघ्नुस्तौ महेष्वासौ ताभ्यां मुक्तांश्व सायकान्‌ | विचेरुराकाशगता: पार्थबाणविदारिता:

Transliteration

te jaghnus tau maheṣvāsau tābhyāṁ muktāṁś ca sāyakān | vicerur ākāśagatāḥ pārthabāṇavidāritāḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ນັກທະນູຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທັງສອງນັ້ນ ໄດ້ຕີທຳລາຍລູກສອນທີ່ຝ່າຍອື່ນຍິງອອກມາ; ແລະລູກສອນຂອງສັດຕູທີ່ຖືກລູກສອນຂອງພາຣຖະ (ອາຣຊຸນ) ຟັນແຕກ ກໍບິນວຽນຢູ່ໃນຟ້າເປັນຊິ້ນໆ.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जघ्नुः: slew/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• महेष्वासौ: two great bowmen
• महेष्वासौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• ताभ्याम्: by them (by those two)
• ताभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• मुक्तान्: released/shot
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विचेरुः: moved about/wandered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आकाश-गताः: gone into the sky; in the air
• आकाश-गताः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाशगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थ-बाण-विदारिताः: torn asunder by Arjuna's arrows
• पार्थ-बाण-विदारिताः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थबाणविदारित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• arrows (sāyaka/bāṇa)
• sky (ākāśa)
• two great archers (tau maheṣvāsau)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, mastery and alertness can be used to prevent harm: Arjuna’s skill is shown as defensive superiority—neutralizing incoming weapons before they can strike, aligning prowess with the duty to protect one’s side in a dharma-oriented battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two mighty archers engage in an exchange of missiles; Arjuna’s arrows intercept and shatter the opponents’ arrows in mid-air, so the broken shafts scatter through the sky instead of reaching their targets.