Shloka 303

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

चिच्छेद सप्तधा वीर: पार्थ: शत्रुनिबर्हण: । शत्रुओंका संहार करनेवाले वीर अर्जुनने सहसा अपनी ओर आते हुए उस सुवर्णपत्रविभूषित मुसलके सात टुकड़े कर डाले

Transliteration

ciccheda saptadhā vīraḥ pārthaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ |

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—वीरः पार्थः शत्रुनिबर्हणः सहसैव तदागच्छन्तं सुवर्णपत्रविभूषितं मुसलं सप्तधा चिच्छेद।

Word by Word

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• सप्तधा: into seven parts, sevenfold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पार्थः: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शत्रुनिबर्हणः: destroyer of enemies
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुनिबर्हण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• weapon (musala/mace-like club, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid warfare, the ideal warrior acts with trained restraint and precision, fulfilling kṣatriya-duty by neutralizing danger efficiently rather than indulging in uncontrolled aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna, as an enemy-slayer, quickly intercepts an incoming weapon and slices it into seven pieces, displaying superior archery and battlefield composure.