Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 34

अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle

मुसलानीव सम्पेतु: परिघा इव चेषव: । शतघ्न्य इव चाप्यन्ये वज्ाण्युग्राणि चापरे,उनके कुछ बाण मूसलोंके समान गिरते थे, कुछ परिघोंके समान, कुछ शतघ्नियोंके तुल्य तथा कुछ दूसरे बाण भयंकर वच्रोंके समान शत्रुओंपर पड़ते थे

musalānīva sampetuḥ parighā iva ceṣavaḥ | śataghnya iva cāpyanye vajrāṇyugrāṇi cāpare ||

వారి కొన్ని బాణాలు ముసలాల్లా దూసుకొచ్చి పడేవి, కొన్ని పరిఘాల్లా ఢీకొనేవి, కొన్ని శతఘ్నుల్లా చీల్చేవి, మరికొన్ని ఉగ్ర వజ్రాల్లా శత్రువులపై కురిసేవి।

मुसलानिclubs, pestles
मुसलानि:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमुसल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सम्पेतुःfell down / rushed together
सम्पेतुः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पत्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
परिघाःiron bars, bludgeons
परिघाः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपरिघ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
चेषवःarrows
चेषवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइषु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शतघ्न्यःsataghnis (spiked missiles/engines)
शतघ्न्यः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशतघ्नी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वज्राणिthunderbolts
वज्राणि:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
उग्राणिfierce, terrible
उग्राणि:
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपरेothers (another set)
अपरे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
arrows (iṣu/īṣavaḥ)
M
musala (club)
P
parigha (iron bar/bolt)
Ś
śataghnī (spiked missile/weapon)
V
vajra (thunderbolt)

Educational Q&A

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than doctrinal: it underscores the terrifying escalation of violence in war, reminding the listener that martial prowess can magnify destruction—an implicit ethical prompt to recognize war’s cost even when framed as kṣatriya duty.

Sañjaya reports the battle scene: volleys of arrows strike with the force of different heavy weapons—clubs, iron bars, śataghnīs, and thunderbolts—conveying the intensity and lethality of the ongoing combat.