Shloka 9

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

पार्षतस्य धनुश्कछित्त्वा शरांश्षाशीविषोपमान्‌ । ताडयामास संक्रुद्ध: पार्षत॑ नवभि: शरै:

Transliteration

pārṣatasya dhanuś chittvā śarān āśīviṣopamān | tāḍayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ pārṣataṁ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

ପାର୍ଷତଙ୍କ ଧନୁଷକୁ କାଟି ଓ ବିଷଧର ସର୍ପସମ ବିଷାକ୍ତ ବାଣମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଛେଦି, କ୍ରୋଧରେ ଦଗ୍ଧ କର୍ଣ୍ଣ ପାର୍ଷତ ଧୃଷ୍ଟଦ୍ୟୁମ୍ନଙ୍କୁ ନଅଟି ଶରରେ ପ୍ରହାର କଲେ।

Word by Word

• पार्षतस्य: of the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• छित्त्वा: having cut
• छित्त्वा: Kriya (Purvakala)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आशीविषोपमान्: comparable to venomous serpents
• आशीविषोपमान्: Visheshana (of शरान्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविष-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ताडयामास: struck / smote
• ताडयामास: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: तड्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्षतम्: the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नवभिः: with nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: नवन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Dṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how martial excellence can be intensified by anger, yet it also implicitly warns that krodha (wrath) drives escalation: first disabling the opponent’s weapon, then inflicting direct injury—showing the moral tension between warrior duty and uncontrolled passion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna severs Dṛṣṭadyumna’s bow and cuts down his serpent-like, deadly arrows; then, enraged, he wounds Dṛṣṭadyumna with nine arrows.