Mahabharata 6.116.11 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 11

भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः

Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation

Devanagari script

दुर्मर्षणं च विंशत्या चित्रसेनं च पञठचभि: । विकर्ण दशभिर्बाणै: पञ्चभिश्न जयद्रथम्‌

Transliteration

durmarṣaṇaṃ ca viṃśatyā citrasenaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | vikarṇaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiḥ pañcabhiś ca jayadratham ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—त्याने दुर्मर्षणाला वीस बाणांनी, चित्रसेनाला पाच बाणांनी, विकर्णाला दहा बाणांनी आणि जयद्रथाला पाच बाणांनी विद्ध केले.

Word by Word

• दुर्मर्षणम्: Durmarshaṇa (a warrior)
• दुर्मर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विंशत्या: with twenty (arrows)
• विंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• चित्रसेनम्: Citraseṇa (a warrior)
• चित्रसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विकर्णम्: Vikarṇa (a warrior)
• विकर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दशभिः: with ten (arrows)
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha (a warrior)
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Durmarṣaṇa
• Citrasena
• Vikarṇa
• Jayadratha
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined martial action in war: strength is expressed through controlled, deliberate strikes. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, even violence in battle is expected to follow a warrior’s code—skill, restraint, and purpose rather than chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a sequence of battlefield hits: a warrior (implied from context) shoots multiple Kaurava fighters—Durmarṣaṇa, Citrasena, Vikarṇa, and Jayadratha—each with a specified number of arrows, emphasizing the intensity and precision of the engagement.