Shloka 34

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणै: शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्‌

Transliteration

ciccheda niśitair bāṇaiḥ śūrāṇām anivartinām

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ବାଣରେ ସେ ପଛୁଆ ନହେବା ଶୂରମାନଙ୍କୁ ଛେଦିଦେଲା; ଯୁଦ୍ଧଧର୍ମର କଠୋରତା ମଧ୍ୟରେ ତାଙ୍କର ପ୍ରଚଣ୍ଡ ଅଗ୍ରସରତାକୁ ରୋକିଦେଲା।

Word by Word

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• चिच्छेद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• शूराणाम्: of the heroes/warriors
• शूराणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनिवर्तिनाम्: of the unretreating (unyielding)
• अनिवर्तिनाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिवर्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (bāṇa)
• heroes/warriors (śūra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield ideal of steadfast courage (anivartin) while also showing how skill and force can abruptly end even the bravest advance—an ethical tension central to kṣatriya-dharma, where valor is honored yet violence is unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a combatant (implied by context) uses sharp arrows to cut down or disable the unretreating heroic fighters, checking their forward momentum in the ongoing battle of Droṇa Parva.