Shloka 336

Devanagari script

आजपघान शरैश्वापि त्रिंशता कड़्कपत्रिभि: | तदनन्तर अर्जुनकुमारने कोसलनरेशका धनुष भी काट दिया और कंकपत्रयुक्त तीस सायकोंद्वारा उनपर गहरा प्रहार किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ājapaghānaśaraiś cāpi triṃśatā kaṅkapatribhiḥ | tad-anantaram arjunakumāreṇa kosalanareśasya dhanuṣ chinnaṃ kaṅkapatrayuktaiś ca triṃśadbhiḥ sāyakair upari gāḍhaḥ prahāraḥ kṛtaḥ |

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—அதன்பின் அர்ஜுனனின் மகன் கோசல அரசனின் வில்லை வெட்டி வீழ்த்தி, நாரை இறகுகள் பொருந்திய முப்பது அம்புகளால் அவனை வலிமையாகத் தாக்கினான்.

Word by Word

• अजपघान: Ajapaghāna (proper name/person addressed/mentioned)
• अजपघान: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजपघान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• त्रिंशता: with thirty (as a set/number)
• त्रिंशता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: with (arrows) having heron-feathers
• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कङ्कपत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna’s son (Arjunakumāra)
• King of Kosala (Kosalanareśa)
• Bow (dhanuṣ)
• Arrows (sāyaka)
• Heron-feathers (kaṅkapatra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, action is framed by kṣatriya-dharma: victory is pursued through disciplined skill and tactical restraint—disabling an enemy’s weapon and then overpowering him—rather than through uncontrolled cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Arjuna’s son severs the Kosala king’s bow and immediately strikes him with thirty heron-feathered arrows, delivering a concentrated and forceful attack.