Shloka 6

धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामावलिः (Roster of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Children) / Names of the Kauravas in Order

Devanagari script

अवतार्य च शूलाग्रात्‌ तच्छूलं निश्चकर्ष ह | अशबनुवंश्न निष्क्रष्टं शूलं मूले स चिच्छिदे,नीचे उतारकर उन्होंने शूलके अग्रभागके सहारे उनके शरीरके भीतरसे शूलको निकालनेके लिये खींचा। खींचकर निकालनेमें असफल होनेपर उन्होंने उस शूलको मूलभागमें काट दिया

Transliteration

avatārya ca śūlāgrāt tacchūlaṁ niścakarṣa ha | aśakyan niṣkarṣṭuṁ śūlaṁ mūle sa cicchide ||

Translation

वैशंपायन म्हणाले— शूलाच्या टोकाच्या आधाराने त्याला खाली उतरवून त्यांनी देहातून तो शूल ओढून काढण्याचा प्रयत्न केला. तो न निघाल्याने निष्फळ खटपट सोडून त्यांनी शूल मुळाशीच कापून टाकला.

Word by Word

अवतार्यhaving lowered/bringing down

चand

शूलाग्रात्from the tip of the spear

तत्that

शूलम्the spear/spike

निश्चकर्षhe pulled out/drew out

हindeed/for emphasis

अशक्नुवन्being unable

उवाचhe said

निष्क्रष्टम्pulled out/extracted

शूलम्the spear/spike

मूलेat the base/root

सःhe

चिच्छिदेhe cut (it)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

śūla (stake/spike)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a moment of bodily danger, the verse highlights practical discernment: when a direct solution is impossible, one should adopt a workable alternative that reduces harm and enables further help.

What is happening in the narrative?

Someone attempts to remove a stake embedded in the body by pulling it out from the tip; failing to extract it, he cuts the stake at its base, likely to free the person and prevent further tearing or obstruction.