Shloka 99

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

शूराणां लब्धलक्ष्याणां विदितानां समन्तत: | अभ्यवर्तन्त कौन्तेयं छादयन्तो महारथा:

Transliteration

śūrāṇāṁ labdhalakṣyāṇāṁ viditānāṁ samantataḥ | abhyavartanta kaunteyaṁ chādayanto mahārathāḥ śaravarṣair mahārāja sarvataḥ pāṇḍunandanam ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ မဟာရာဇာ၊ ပစ်မှတ်မလွဲသော သတ္တိရှင်များ၊ အရပ်ရပ်တွင် နာမည်ကြီးသော မဟာရထားသူရဲကောင်းတို့သည် ကုန္တီသားကို ဆန့်ကျင်၍ တိုးဝင်လာကြ၏။ အရပ်ရပ်မှ ပाण्डုသား အာర్జုနကို မြားမိုးထူထပ်စွာဖြင့် ဖုံးလွှမ်းပစ်ခတ်ကြ၏။

Word by Word

• शूराणाम्: of the heroes/brave men
• शूराणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• लब्धलक्ष्याणाम्: of those who have attained/secured their aim (i.e., hit the mark)
• लब्धलक्ष्याणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्धलक्ष्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विदितानाम्: of the renowned/known
• विदितानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• अभ्यवर्तन्त: they advanced/charged upon
• अभ्यवर्तन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेयम्: Kunti's son (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छादयन्तः: covering/veiling (him)
• छादयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छादयन्त्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शरवर्षैः: with showers of arrows
• शरवर्षैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Panḍu's son (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna
• Kuntī
• Pāṇḍu
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how prowess and reputation, when driven by enmity, intensify the violence of war; it implicitly contrasts mere martial excellence with the ethical burden of how that excellence is used, a recurring Mahābhārata concern about kṣatriya duty and the tragic costs of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that renowned, expert great chariot-warriors advance on Arjuna from all sides and overwhelm him with a concentrated shower of arrows.