Shloka 19

Devanagari script

शतचन्द्रं च तच्चर्म गौतमस्तस्य भारत । व्यधमत्‌ सायकैस्तूर्ण तत उच्चुक्रुशुर्जना:,भरतनन्दन! तब कृपाचार्यने अपने बाणोंसे शिखण्डीकी सौ चन्द्राकार चिह्लोंसे युक्त ढालको तुरंत ही छिन्न-भिन्न कर डाला। इससे सब लोग कोलाहल करने लगे

Transliteration

śatacandraṃ ca tac carma gautamas tasya bhārata | vyadhamat sāyakais tūrṇaṃ tata uccukruśur janāḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: O Bhārata, si Gautama (Kṛpācārya) ay mabilis na tumusok at dumurog sa kalasag na iyon—na may sandaang sagisag na hugis-buwan—sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga palaso. Sa gayon, umalingawngaw ang malakas na sigawan ng mga mandirigma.

Word by Word

शतचन्द्रम्having a hundred moon(-shaped emblems)

चand

तत्that

चर्मshield (leather buckler)

गौतमःGautama (Kripa)

तस्यof him

भारतO Bharata

व्यधमत्shattered/broke up (lit. blew asunder)

सायकैःwith arrows

तूर्णम्quickly

ततःthen/thereupon

उच्चुक्रुशुःcried out

जनाःpeople

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

Gautama (Kṛpācārya/Kṛpa)

shield (carma) with hundred moon-emblems (śatacandra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how quickly worldly protections—status, armor, and confidence—can be destroyed in war, reminding the listener that skill and force can overturn security instantly, and that violence spreads fear and agitation through the whole assembly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛpācārya (called Gautama) rapidly strikes with arrows and breaks a shield decorated with a hundred crescent-moon emblems; the surrounding warriors respond with a loud collective outcry.