Shloka 196

Devanagari script

कृतं प्रविहतं बाणै: सर्वतः प्रद्रुत॑ दिश: । किरीटधारी अर्जुनने आपकी सेनाको पीस डाला, चला दिया, विध्वस्त कर दिया, बाणोंसे बींध डाला और सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें भगा दिया

Transliteration

kṛtaṁ pravihataṁ bāṇaiḥ sarvataḥ pradrutaṁ diśaḥ | kirīṭadhārī arjunaḥ senāṁ te pīṣayām āsa calayām āsa vidhvaṁsayām āsa bāṇair viddhvā ca samantataḥ diśo 'drāvayat ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ອາຣຈຸນ ຜູ້ສວມມົງກຸດ ໄດ້ຟາດຟັນກຳລັງຂອງທ່ານດ້ວຍລູກສອນ—ບີບຂະຍີ້ ແຕກທະລາຍ ທະລຸຈອກ ແລະ ຂັບໄລ່ໃຫ້ແຕກຫນີໄປທຸກທິດ. ລະບຽບໃນສະໜາມຮົບພັງທະລາຍລົງ ພາຍໃຕ້ການຈູ່ໂຈມທີ່ມີວິໄນ ແລະ ບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງຂອງລາວ.

Word by Word

कृतम्done; made; effected

प्रविहतम्smitten; struck down; beaten

बाणैःwith arrows

सर्वतःon all sides; everywhere

प्रद्रुताःfled; ran away

दिशःdirections (quarters)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

diadem (kirīṭa)

arrows (bāṇa)

army (senā)

directions/quarters (diś)

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?

The verse highlights how disciplined prowess in a dharmic war can decisively break an army’s cohesion. Ethically, it underscores the harsh reality of kṣatriya-duty: when battle is joined, skill and resolve can determine outcomes, and the collapse of morale is as consequential as physical defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, identified by his diadem, has overwhelmed the opposing host with a storm of arrows—crushing, piercing, and scattering the troops so that they flee in all directions.