Shloka 57

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

अप्राप्ता: सप्तभिभर्भल्लैश्विच्छेद परमास्त्रवित्‌ ततः समादाय शरं सर्वकायविदारणम्‌

Transliteration

aprāptāḥ saptabhir bharbhallaiś viccheda-paramāstravit tataḥ samādāya śaraṃ sarva-kāya-vidāraṇam

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Antes mesmo que o alcançassem, ele as decepou com sete flechas agudas, exibindo consumada maestria em cortar projéteis. Então tomou outro dardo, capaz de rasgar o corpo inteiro — uma escalada na ferocidade da luta e um lembrete de que a perícia, quando jungida à guerra, torna-se força de consequência rápida e irreversível.

Word by Word

• अप्राप्ताः: not having reached / failing to reach
• अप्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्राप्त (प्र + आप् + क्त, नञ्-पूर्वक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सप्तभिः: with seven
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भल्लैः: with bhalla-arrows
• भल्लैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विच्छेदम्: cutting off / severance
• विच्छेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विच्छेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme, excellent
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रवित्: knower of weapons
• अस्त्रवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रवित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• समादाय: having taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• शरम्: an arrow
• शरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वकायविदारणम्: body-rending (rending the whole body)
• सर्वकायविदारणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकाय-विदारण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• seven arrows (bharbhalla/bhalla)
• śara (arrow)
• astra (missile/weapon)