Shloka 31

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

तदपास्य थनुश्कछिन्नं धृष्टद्युम्नो महामना:

Transliteration

tad apāsya dhanus chinnaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumno mahāmanāḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਉਹ ਟੁੱਟਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਧਨੁਸ਼ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ, ਮਹਾਨ ਮਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਧ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਦ੍ਯੁਮਨ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਭਾਲਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਫਿਰ ਯੁੱਧ ਲਈ ਡਟ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अपास्य: having cast away / discarding
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + अस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कच्छिन्नम्: cut/broken (as if cut)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क + छिन्न (√छिद्)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महामनाः: great-minded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• bow (dhanus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In a dharmic battle context, a warrior is tested not only by strength but by steadiness of mind: when a weapon fails, one should not collapse into despair but act with presence, courage, and readiness to continue one’s duty by other means.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s bow has been cut/broken; he discards it and prepares to proceed in the combat, indicating the fight’s intensity and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s undaunted spirit.