Shloka 163

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

जयद्रथं हतं स्मृत्वा चिक्षिपु: सैन्धवा नृपा: । तदनन्तर जयद्रथ-वधका स्मरण करके सैन्धवोंने अर्जुनपर पुनः बहुत-से प्रासों और शक्तियोंका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

jayadrathaṃ hataṃ smṛtvā cikṣipuḥ saindhavā nṛpāḥ | tadanantaraṃ jayadratha-vadhakaṃ smaraṇaṃ kṛtvā saindhavāḥ arjunapar punaḥ bahu-śe prāsān śaktīś ca prahāraṃ cakruḥ |

Translation

വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ജയദ്രഥവധം ഓർത്തു സൈന്ധവ രാജാക്കന്മാർ വീണ്ടും അർജുനന്റെ മേൽ അനേകം പ്രാസങ്ങളും ശക്തികളും എറിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• चिक्षिपुः: they hurled / cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• सैन्धवाः: the Sindhu-people (Saindhavas)
• सैन्धवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Jayadratha
• Saindhavas (Sindhu kings)
• Arjuna
• prāsa (spears)
• śakti (javelins/darts)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how remembrance of loss can inflame vengeance and prolong violence; it implicitly contrasts the warrior code’s relentless retaliation with the ethical need for restraint and clarity of purpose amid grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

After recalling Jayadratha’s slaying, the Saindhava kings renew their assault on Arjuna, repeatedly hurling spears and javelins at him in a retaliatory surge.