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Shloka 293

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

सायकैर्दशभी राजन्‌ भ्रुवोर्मध्ये समार्पयत्‌ । राजन! धनुष कट जानेपर धृष्टद्युम्नकी दोनों भौहोंके मध्यभागमें राजा दुर्योधनने तुरंत ही दस बाणोंका प्रहार किया

sāyakair daśabhī rājan bhruvormadhye samārpayat |

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ, അവൻ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ പത്ത് അമ്പുകൾ എതിരാളിയുടെ ഭ്രൂമദ്ധ്യത്തിൽ തന്നെ പതിപ്പിച്ചു; യുദ്ധനൈപുണ്യത്തിന്റെ കൃത്യതയും കഠിനനിശ്ചയവും അതിൽ തെളിഞ്ഞു।

सायकैःwith arrows
सायकैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसायक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भ्रुवोःof (his) two eyebrows
भ्रुवोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रू
FormFeminine, Genitive, Dual
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
समार्पयत्placed/shot (aiming) / lodged
समार्पयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√र्प (अर्प्)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as rājan)
A
arrows (sāyaka)
E
eyebrows/brow-center (bhruvormadhya)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the grim ethic of Kurukṣetra: in a dharma-yuddha framed by duty, warriors still employ uncompromising force and technical mastery. It highlights how skill and resolve can become instruments of destruction when conflict eclipses restraint.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior strikes the opponent’s brow-center with ten arrows in quick succession, emphasizing a decisive, accurate hit amid the ongoing combat.