Shloka 573

Devanagari script

द्वाभ्यां स सारथिं हार्च्छद्‌ भीम॑ सप्तभिरेव च । महाराज! झुकी हुई गाँठवाले उन भल्लोंमेंसे दोके द्वारा शकुनिने भीमसेनके सारथिको और सातसे स्वयं भीमसेनको भी घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

dvābhyāṃ sa sārathiṃ hārchad bhīmaṃ saptabhir eva ca | mahārāja! jhukī huī gāṇṭhavāle un bhallomeṃse doke dvārā śakunine bhīmasenake sārathiko aura sātase svayaṃ bhīmasenako bhī ghāyal kara diyā |

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—మహారాజా! ఆ ముళ్లతో కూడిన భల్లబాణాలలో రెండుతో శకుని భీమసేనుని సారథిని గాయపరిచాడు; మరి ఏడు బాణాలతో స్వయంగా భీమసేనుని కూడా వేదించాడు.

Word by Word

• द्वाभ्याम्: with two (arrows)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, द्विवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अर्च्छत्: struck / hit
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सप्तभिः: with seven (arrows)
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन्
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (Mahārāja)
• Shakuni
• Bhimasena (Bhima)
• Bhima’s charioteer
• bhalla-arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh logic of kshatriya warfare: disabling a warrior’s support system (the charioteer and chariot-control) is a strategic act within battle-dharma, showing how combat targets both the fighter and the means that enable his agency.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Shakuni shoots barbed arrows—two strike Bhima’s charioteer and seven strike Bhima—indicating a tactical attempt to weaken Bhima by injuring both him and his driver.