Shloka 23
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
Devanagari script
तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं पाज्चाल्य: शत्रुकर्शन:
Transliteration
tad apāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ pāñcālyaḥ śatrukarśanaḥ
Translation
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—വെട്ടിപ്പൊട്ടിയ ആ വില്ല് ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച്, ശത്രുക്കളെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പാഞ്ചാല്യ യോദ്ധാവ് ഭയമില്ലാതെ പോരാട്ടം തുടരാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി।
Word by Word
तत्that (it)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपास्यhaving cast away
अपास्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअप + अस् (धातु: अस्/अस्— 'to throw, cast'; here in sense 'to cast away')
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
धनुःbow
धनुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
छिन्नम्cut/broken
छिन्नम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootछिन्न (from धातु: छिद्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पाञ्चाल्यःthe Pāñcāla prince (Dhrṣṭadyumna)
पाञ्चाल्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चाल्य (पञ्चाल-सम्बन्धी)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शत्रुकर्शनःcrusher of enemies
शत्रुकर्शनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootशत्रुकर्शन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaP
Pāñcāla (warrior)B
bow (dhanuḥ)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
Steadfastness in one’s duty: when a weapon is lost or broken, a warrior committed to dharma does not collapse into despair but continues with presence of mind and resolve.
In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, a Pāñcāla fighter’s bow has been cut; he throws the broken bow aside and continues the combat, marked by the epithet “śatrukarśana,” ‘afflicter of enemies.’