Shloka 7

Devanagari script

आर्जुनिं तु ततस्तूर्ण द्रौणिर्विव्याध पत्रिणा । शल्यो5थ दशभिश्नैव कृपश्च निशितैस्त्रिभि:,तब अभश्रृत्थामाने शीघ्र ही एक बाणसे अभिमन्युको घायल कर दिया। तत्पश्चात्‌ शल्यने दस और कृपाचार्यने तीन पैने बाण उसे मारे

Transliteration

ārjuniṁ tu tatas tūrṇaṁ drauṇir vivyādha patriṇā | śalyo 'tha daśabhiś caiva kṛpaś ca niśitais tribhiḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Затем, не медля, Драуни (Ашваттхама) поразил сына Арджуны одной оперённой стрелой. После этого Шалья пронзил его десятью стрелами, а Крипа — ещё тремя острыми.

Word by Word

• आर्जुनिम्: Arjuna’s son (Abhimanyu)
• आर्जुनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्रौणिः: Drona’s son (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• पत्रिणा: with a feathered arrow
• पत्रिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/next
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Abhimanyu
• Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi)
• Śalya
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• arrow(s)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the brutal momentum of battlefield duty: multiple eminent warriors rapidly target a single opponent. It invites reflection on dharma in war—how obligation, strategy, and the drive to win can strain ideals of fairness and proportional response.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāman first wounds Abhimanyu with an arrow; immediately afterward Śalya hits him with ten arrows and Kṛpa with three sharp arrows, showing a coordinated or successive assault on Arjuna’s son.