Shloka 206

Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation

Devanagari script

तोमर प्रेषयामास स्वर्णदण्डं महाधनम्‌ । महाराज! तब सत्यपराक्रमी सात्यकिने कुपित हो शल्यपर सुवर्णमय दण्डसे विभूषित एक बहुमूल्य तोमरका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

tomaraṁ preṣayāmāsa svarṇadaṇḍaṁ mahādhanam | mahārāja! tadā satyaparākramaḥ sātyakine kupito śalyaparaḥ suvarṇamaya-daṇḍena vibhūṣitaṁ bahumūlyaṁ tomaraṁ prāhāra kṛtavān |

Translation

Санджая сказал: О царь! Тогда Шальяпутра, прославленный истинной доблестью, разгневавшись на Сатьяки, метнул в него драгоценный томар — копьё с золотым древком. Этот эпизод показывает, как ярость на поле брани толкает людей к всё более смертоносным деяниям, затмевая сдержанность и нравственное рассуждение под принуждением войны.

Word by Word

• तोमरम्: javelin, spear
• तोमरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent, hurled
• प्रेषयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष् (प्रेषयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• स्वर्णदण्डम्: golden-shaft (having a gold staff/handle)
• स्वर्णदण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णदण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाधनम्: very valuable, of great worth
• महाधनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)
• Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
• Śalyaputra (son of Śalya)
• tomara (javelin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies violence in war: even noble valor can be redirected into destructive action when restraint and discernment are overcome by rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Śalyaputra, furious with Sātyaki, launches a precious javelin with a golden shaft at him during the battle.