Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इति ब्रुवज्छान्तनवो दिधक्षुरिव पाण्डवान्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | iti bruvan śāntanavo didhakṣur iva pāṇḍavān bhārata paśyām āsa | tataḥ sa arjunāya śaktiṃ cikṣepa | arjunas tu tām śaktiṃ tribhir bāṇais tridhā chittvā nipātayām āsa |

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਇਉਂ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ, ਹੇ ਭਾਰਤ, ਸ਼ਾਂਤਨੁ-ਨੰਦਨ ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਪਾਂਡਵਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਐਸੀ ਨਿਗਾਹ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭਸਮ ਕਰ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ। ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਸੁੱਟੀ; ਪਰ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਨੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਬਾਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਤਿੰਨ ਟੁਕੜਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੱਟ ਕੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਤੇ ਡਾਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ब्रुवत्: saying
• ब्रुवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: present active, masculine, nominative, singular

• शान्तनवः: the son of Śāntanu (Bhīṣma)
• शान्तनवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दिधक्षुः: wishing to burn
• दिधक्षुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: desiderative (san) / desiderative participle, masculine, nominative, singular

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

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhishma
• Shantanu
• Pandavas
• Arjuna
• Shakti (spear-weapon)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid extreme hostility, the ideal warrior acts with steadiness and precision rather than uncontrolled rage. Bhishma’s terrifying intent highlights the ferocity of dharma-yuddha, while Arjuna’s calm interception shows disciplined mastery and restraint under pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma, after speaking, fixes a blazing, destructive gaze upon the Pandavas and then throws a spear-weapon at Arjuna. Arjuna counters instantly, using three arrows to cut the incoming weapon into three pieces and make it fall.