Shloka 15

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

भनुर्मण्डलमेवास्य दृश्यते युधि भारत । सायकाश्रैव दृश्यन्ते निश्चरन्त: समन्ततः

Transliteration

bhānur-maṇḍalam evāsya dṛśyate yudhi bhārata | sāyakāś caiva dṛśyante niścarantaḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «အို ဘာရတ၊ စစ်မြေပြင်အလယ်၌ သူ၏ မီးလောင်တောက်ပသော ရောင်ခြည်ဝိုင်းသာ မြင်ရ၏။ မြားများသာလည်း အရပ်လေးမျက်နှာသို့ အဆက်မပြတ် စီးဆင်းထွက်သွားသည်ကို မြင်ရ၏»။

Word by Word

• भानु-मण्डलम्: the sun’s disc
• भानु-मण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु-मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्य: of him/of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सायकाः: arrows
• सायकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen/appear
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• निश्चरन्तः: moving forth/issuing out
• Type: Verb
• Root: निश्चर्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• bhānu-maṇḍala (sun-disc, metaphorical radiance)
• sāyaka (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how overwhelming martial energy can dominate perception in war: the warrior’s presence is conveyed not by detailed form but by a halo-like radiance and the relentless outward flow of arrows. Ethically, it underscores the epic’s tension between admiration for prowess and the grim, impersonal force of battlefield violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a combatant in such fierce action that observers can scarcely discern his body; they see only a sun-like circle of brilliance around him, while arrows continuously shoot out in every direction, indicating intense, all-sided engagement in the fight.