Shloka 97

Devanagari script

गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनका ध्वज मानो युद्धका इच्छुक होकर कर्णके ध्वजपर आक्रमण करने लगा। अर्जुनकी ध्वजाका महान्‌ वेगशाली वानर उस समय अपने स्थानसे उछला और कर्णकी ध्वजाकी साँकलपर चोट करने लगा, जैसे गरुड़ अपने पंजों और चोंचसे सर्पपर प्रहार कर रहे हों ।। सा किड्॒किणीकाभरणा कालपाशोपमा<5<5यसी । अभ्यद्रवत्‌ सुसंरब्धा हस्तिकक्ष्याथ तं कपिम्‌

Transliteration

sā kiḍkiṇīkābharaṇā kālapāśopamāyasī | abhyadravat susaṃrabdhā hastikakṣyātha taṃ kapim ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଗାଣ୍ଡୀବଧାରୀ ଅର୍ଜୁନଙ୍କ ଧ୍ୱଜସ୍ଥ କପି ଯୁଦ୍ଧେଚ୍ଛାରେ କର୍ଣ୍ଣର ଧ୍ୱଜ ଉପରେ ଆକ୍ରମଣ କଲା। ସେ ନିଜ ସ୍ଥାନରୁ ଲାଫି ଉଠି, ଘଣ୍ଟିକାରେ ଭୂଷିତ କର୍ଣ୍ଣଧ୍ୱଜର ହସ୍ତିକକ୍ଷ୍ୟା (ଶୃଙ୍ଖଳ/ପଟ୍ଟି) ଉପରେ ପ୍ରହାର କରିଲା—ଗରୁଡ଼ ଯେପରି ନଖ ଓ ଚଞ୍ଚୁରେ ସର୍ପକୁ ଛିଣ୍ଡେ। ତେବେ କିଡ୍କିଣୀକାଭରଣା, କାଳପାଶସଦୃଶ ସେହି ହସ୍ତିକକ୍ଷ୍ୟା କ୍ରୋଧିତ ହୋଇ ସେ କପି ଉପରେ ଧାଇଲା।

Word by Word

साshe/that (female)

किड्किणीकाभरणाhaving/with a kinkiṇī-ornament (chain of small bells)

कालपाशोपमाlike the noose of Death

यसीwhich (female)

अभ्यद्रवत्ran towards / rushed at

सुसंरब्धाhighly enraged / greatly agitated

हस्तिकक्ष्याelephant-girth/strap (a kind of binding/chain)

अथthen

तम्that (him)

कपिम्monkey

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

Hanumān (the monkey on Arjuna’s standard)

Karṇa

Dhvaja (banner/standard)

Kāla (Death, as metaphor)

Pāśa (noose, as metaphor)

Garuḍa (simile context)

Sarpa (serpent, simile context)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how, in a dharma-contested war, even symbols (standards, emblems) mirror the inner states of warriors—wrath, resolve, and the sense of mortal peril—reminding the listener that ethical struggle is not only physical but also psychological and emblematic.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Arjuna presses the attack on Karṇa’s standard, Hanumān on Arjuna’s banner leaps to strike Karṇa’s banner-chain; in response, the bell-adorned, death-noose-like strap/chain surges fiercely toward the monkey, intensifying the dramatic clash of the two champions’ chariot-emblems.