Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पुनश्चैनं शरैघोरिराजघान स्तनान्तरे | दशभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ भरतानां महारथ:,भरतश्रेष्ठ) तदनन्तर भरतकुलके महारथी वीर अभिमन्युने पुनः दुर्योधनकी छातीमें दस भयानक बाण मारे

Transliteration

punaś cainaṃ śaraiḥ ghoraḥ rājāghān stanāntare | daśabhir bharataśreṣṭha bharatānāṃ mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Então, mais uma vez, o terrível guerreiro o atingiu com flechas na região do peito. Ó melhor dos Bhāratas, o grande combatente de carro entre os Bhāratas traspassou-o com dez dardos pavorosos.

Word by Word

पुनःagain

चand

एनम्him

शरैःwith arrows

घोरैःterrible

राजघानःthe slayer of kings

स्तनान्तरेin the space between the breasts (on the chest)

दशभिःwith ten

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

भरतानाम्of the Bharatas

महारथःthe great chariot-warrior

अघानstruck / smote

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bharata (lineage/epithet)

mahāratha (elite chariot-warrior)

arrows (śara)

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 the grim reality of kṣatriya-dharma in war: steadfastness, skill, and endurance are demanded even when actions are harsh. It frames battlefield conduct as a test of resolve within the epic’s larger moral tension between duty and the suffering caused by violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a renewed attack: a formidable royal warrior (a mahāratha) strikes his opponent again, hitting the chest with ten fierce arrows, intensifying the combat sequence in the Kurukṣetra battle narration.