Shloka 50

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

सुदर्शनमदृश्यं तं शरैश्नक्रे हसन्निव । ततोअस्य प्रहसन्‌ क्रुद्ध: शिर: कायादपाहरत्‌

Transliteration

sudarśanam adṛśyaṃ taṃ śaraiḥ śakre hasann iva | tato 'sya prahasan kruddhaḥ śiraḥ kāyād apāharat ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະອິນທຣາ ດັ່ງກັບກຳລັງຫົວເຮາະ ໄດ້ຍິງລູກສອນໃສ່ສຸດັຣຊະນະ ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ເຂົາຫາຍໄປຈາກສາຍຕາ. ຕໍ່ມາ ພຣະອິນທຣາຫົວເຮາະອີກ ແຕ່ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມໂກດ ໄດ້ຕັດຫົວຂອງເຂົາອອກຈາກກາຍ.

Word by Word

• सुदर्शनम्: beautiful to behold
• सुदर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अदृश्यम्: invisible
• अदृश्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नक्रे: in/at the crocodile (Nakrāstra/‘crocodile’ formation/region)
• नक्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हसन्: laughing
• हसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing aloud
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कायात्: from the body
• कायात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अपाहरत्: he removed/took away
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• शक्र/इन्द्र (Śakra/Indra)
• सुदर्शन (Sudarśana)
• शर (arrows)
• शिरस् (head)
• काय (body)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the swift and overwhelming nature of superior power in a righteous-cosmic order: in the chaos of war, arrogance or unchecked aggression can meet sudden retribution, and even a warrior’s strength is fragile before a higher force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Indra (Śakra) strikes Sudarśana with arrows so that he becomes unseen, and then—laughing yet enraged—Indra severs Sudarśana’s head from his body, describing a decisive killing blow.