Shloka 98

Devanagari script

नवमीं दशमीं चास्य तथा चैकादशीं वृष: । ज्याशतं शतसंधान: स कर्णो नावबुध्यते

Transliteration

navamīṁ daśamīṁ cāsya tathā caikādaśīṁ vṛṣaḥ | jyāśataṁ śatasandhānaḥ sa karṇo nāvabudhyate ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—แม้จะตัดสายคันศรเส้นที่เก้า ที่สิบ และที่สิบเอ็ดของฝ่ายตรงข้ามได้แล้ว กรรณะผู้เกรียงไกรดุจโคอุสุภะ ผู้เลื่องชื่อในการประสานศรนับร้อย ก็ยังไม่รู้เลยว่า คันศรของอรชุนผูกสายไว้ถึงร้อยเส้น

Word by Word

• नवमीम्: the ninth (string)
• नवमीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दशमीम्: the tenth (string)
• दशमीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of this (bow/its)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• एकादशीम्: the eleventh (string)
• एकादशीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वृषः: the bull (hero)
• वृषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्या-शतम्: a hundred bowstrings
• ज्या-शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या + शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शत-सन्धानः: one who makes the joining/aiming of a hundred (arrows)
• शत-सन्धानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + सन्धान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अवबुध्यते: understands/realizes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + बुध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Arjuna
• bowstring (jyā)
• Arjuna’s bow (implicitly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Superior preparation and higher support can neutralize even exceptional talent; fixation on one’s own prowess may blind a warrior to the opponent’s deeper resources and resilience.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the battle, Karṇa repeatedly severs Arjuna’s bowstrings—up to the ninth, tenth, and eleventh—yet Arjuna continues fighting without apparent loss, because his bow is effectively strung with many strings; Karṇa fails to notice this hidden advantage.