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Shloka 343

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

शरै: संछादयामास समन्तात्‌ पाण्डुनन्दनम्‌ | तब सत्यसेनने शत्रुका वेग नष्ट करनेवाले दूसरे भारसाधक धनुषको हाथमें लेकर अपने बाणोंद्वारा पाण्डुनन्दन नकुलको ढक दिया

śaraiḥ sañchādayāmāsa samantāt pāṇḍunandanam |

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—เขากระหน่ำฝนศรปกคลุมโอรสแห่งปาณฑุจากทุกทิศ. ครั้นแล้วสัตยเสน ผู้มุ่งหักล้างแรงฮึกของศัตรู ก็หยิบคันธนูอีกเล่มอันหนักแน่นทรงกำลังขึ้น แล้วระดมศรของตนปกคลุมนกุล กุมารแห่งปาณฑพ ให้มิดจากรอบด้าน.

शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
संछादयामासcovered, enveloped
संछादयामास:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootछाद् (सं-छादयति)
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular
समन्तात्on all sides, all around
समन्तात्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्त
पाण्डुनन्दनम्the son of Pandu (Nakula)
पाण्डुनन्दनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डुनन्दन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
P
Pāṇḍunandana (Pāṇḍava prince)
N
Nakula
S
Satyasena
A
arrows (śara)
B
bow (dhanus)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the kṣatriya battlefield ethic where resolve, skill, and tactical pressure (breaking the opponent’s momentum) are central; it portrays how war rewards disciplined force rather than hesitation, while reminding the listener that such prowess operates within the grim moral landscape of Kurukṣetra.

Sañjaya reports that a warrior (identified in the accompanying gloss as Satyasena) unleashes a dense volley of arrows, surrounding and effectively ‘covering’ the Pāṇḍava Nakula from all directions, intensifying the duel and pressing the Pāṇḍava line.