Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.116.82 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 82

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

शिखण्डी तु ततः क्रुद्धश्छिन्ने धनुषि सत्वर: | असिं जग्राह समरे शतचन्द्रं च भास्वरम्‌

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍī tu tataḥ kruddhaś chinne dhanuṣi satvaraḥ | asiṃ jagrāha samare śatacandraṃ ca bhāsvaram ||

Translation

ധനുസ്സ് മുറിഞ്ഞതോടെ ശിഖണ്ഡി ക്രോധിച്ച് ഉടൻ യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ വാളും നൂറു ചന്ദ്രചിഹ്നങ്ങളുള്ള ദീപ്തമായ പരിചയും കൈയിലെടുത്തു।

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Word by Word

• शिखण्डी: Shikhaṇḍī
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्ने: when (it was) cut/broken
• छिन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धनुषि: in/with the bow
• धनुषि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्वरः: quickly/hastily
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असिम्: sword
• असिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जग्राह: took/seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शतचन्द्रम्: having a hundred moon(-like) marks
• शतचन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतचन्द्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• भास्वरम्: shining
• भास्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śikhaṇḍī
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• sword (asi)
• shield (śatacandra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a battlefield ethic associated with kṣatriya-dharma: when a weapon is lost, a warrior must not collapse into helplessness but respond with resolve, taking up another means to continue one’s duty—though the emotion of anger is also shown as a powerful, morally ambivalent driver in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Śikhaṇḍī’s bow has been cut; in immediate anger he quickly switches weapons, taking up a sword and a bright shield marked with ‘hundred-moon’ emblems, and continues fighting.