Shloka 113

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

स भुजड्जैरिवाविष्टेगाण्डीवप्रेषितै:ः शरै:

Transliteration

sa bhujagair ivāviṣṭo gāṇḍīva-preṣitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

स भुजङ्गैरिवाविष्टो गाण्डीवप्रेषितैः शरैः ॥

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुजगैः: by/with serpents
• भुजगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आविष्टः: entered/possessed/overwhelmed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• गाण्डीव-प्रेषितैः: shot/impelled by (the) Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• गाण्डीव-प्रेषितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गाण्डीव-प्रेषित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• शरैः: by/with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gāṇḍīva
• Arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of disciplined power: Arjuna’s weapon, when employed in a dharmic struggle, becomes decisive and unavoidable—suggesting that skill and force gain moral meaning from the cause and restraint guiding them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior being completely surrounded and overwhelmed by a dense shower of arrows shot from the Gāṇḍīva, using the simile of being encircled by serpents to convey terror, speed, and inescapability.