Shloka 21
Devanagari script
प्रतिविव्याध त॑ तूर्ण तव पुत्रो महीपति:
Transliteration
prativivyādha taṁ tūrṇaṁ tava putro mahīpatiḥ
Translation
Sañjaya berkata: Putera tuanku, wahai penguasa bumi, segera membalas serangan itu—pukulan dibalas pukulan dalam bahang pertempuran, tempat keberanian dan keteguhan diuji di tengah runtuhnya tata susila perang.
Word by Word
प्रतिविव्याधpierced, struck
प्रतिविव्याध:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-व्यध् (धातु: व्यध्)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तूर्णम्swiftly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्ण
तवof you, your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महीपतिःking (lord of the earth)
महीपतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहीपति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahīpatiḥ and 'your')T
tava putraḥ (Duryodhana / Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son, context-dependent)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
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of immediate response and steadfastness in combat, while implicitly pointing to the tragic moral tension of war: skill and duty operate within a larger field of destructive retaliation.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that his son quickly delivers a counterstrike, indicating an ongoing exchange of blows between warriors in the Karṇa Parva battle sequence.