Shloka 3963

Devanagari script

दश चिक्षेप च शरान्‌ द्रोणस्य वधकाड्क्षया । इससे कुपित हुए विराटने रणभूमिमें द्रोणाचार्यके वधकी इच्छासे दस तोमर और दस बाण चलाये

Transliteration

daśa cikṣepa ca śarān droṇasya vadhakāṅkṣayā |

Translation

దీనితో కుపితుడైన విరాటుడు రణభూమిలో ద్రోణాచార్యుని వధించాలనే కోరికతో పది తోమరాలు, పది బాణాలు విసిరాడు।

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चिक्षेप: threw/shot
• चिक्षेप: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोणस्य: of Droṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वध: killing/slaying
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• काङ्क्षया: with desire/with the wish
• काङ्क्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काङ्क्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds intention: the act of shooting arrows is driven by vadhakāṅkṣā (the desire to kill). In epic ethics, intention magnifies responsibility—focused hostility can make one effective in war, but it also deepens the moral gravity of the deed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior, intent on killing Droṇa, releases ten arrows at him in the midst of battle, marking an escalation of direct attempts against Droṇācārya.