Shloka 126

Devanagari script

न चक्कुस्ते रुजं तस्य स्वर्णपड्खा: शिलाशिता: । महारथी शिखण्डीने जिन महान्‌ बाणोंका प्रयोग किया था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | na cākkuṣṭe rujaṃ tasya svarṇapakṣāḥ śilāśitāḥ |

Translation

Санджая сказал: и всё же те стрелы — с золотыми оперениями и наточенные о камень — не смогли причинить телу Бхишмы ни раны, ни боли. Рассказ подчёркивает его необычайную стойкость и решимость, словно хранимую божественной силой, среди ярости войны, где одно лишь воинское мастерство оказывается бессильным перед жизнью, укоренённой в обете, дхарме и предначертанном времени.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अक्कुः: wound/ulcer (a sore)
• अक्कुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्कु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• रुजम्: pain
• रुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुज् (स्त्री, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• स्वर्णपक्षाः: having golden wings/feathered with gold
• स्वर्णपक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्णपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिलाशिताः: sharpened on a whetstone
• शिलाशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• arrows (bāṇa)
• golden fletchings (svarṇapakṣa)
• whetstone/stone (śilā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that external force and refined weaponry do not necessarily prevail over one established in dharma, vow, and destined time; moral-spiritual stature and providential order can render mere technique ineffective.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that even though the arrows (described as golden-fletched and stone-sharpened) were expertly made and shot, they failed to cause Bhīṣma any wound or pain, emphasizing his exceptional resilience on the battlefield.