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Shloka 19

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः

Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana

मुमोच निशितान्‌ बाणान्‌ राक्षसेषु परंतप | जघान च महेष्वास: प्रधानांस्तत्र राक्षसान्‌,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले नरेश! महाधनुर्धर दुर्योधनने राक्षसोंपर तीखे बाणोंका प्रहार किया और उनमेंसे प्रधान-प्रधान राक्षसोंको मार डाला

sañjaya uvāca | mumoca niśitān bāṇān rākṣaseṣu paraṃtapa | jaghāna ca maheṣvāsaḥ pradhānāṃs tatra rākṣasān |

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പരന്തപ രാജാവേ! മഹാധനുർധരനായ ദുര്യോധനൻ രാക്ഷസന്മാരുടെ മേൽ മൂർച്ചയുള്ള അമ്പുകൾ വിട്ടു; അവിടെ അവരുടെ പ്രധാന രാക്ഷസന്മാരെ വധിച്ചു.

मुमोचreleased, discharged
मुमोच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect, 3, singular
निशितान्sharp, whetted
निशितान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिशित
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
बाणान्arrows
बाणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
राक्षसेषुamong/on the rakshasas
राक्षसेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
Formmasculine, locative, plural
परंतपO scorcher of foes
परंतप:
TypeNoun
Rootपरंतप
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
जघानslew, struck down
जघान:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect, 3, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महेष्वासःthe great bowman
महेष्वासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहेष्वास
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रधानान्chief, foremost
प्रधानान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रधान
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
राक्षसान्rakshasas
राक्षसान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
Formmasculine, accusative, plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhritarashtra (implied by epithet paraṃtapa as addressee)
R
Rākṣasas
A
Arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of decisive action in battle—meeting hostile forces with skill and resolve—while implicitly reminding the reader that such prowess operates within the larger Mahābhārata tension between necessary duty and the tragic moral cost of war.

Sanjaya reports that a mighty archer unleashes sharp arrows at the rākṣasas and kills their leading warriors, describing a moment of intense combat where the foremost opponents are eliminated.