Shloka 30

Devanagari script

सा पपात तथा छि्छिन्ना संक्रुद्धेन किरीटिना

Transliteration

sā papāta tathā chinnā saṅkruddhena kirīṭinā | atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṃ sahitāḥ sarva-sṛñjayāḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—غصّے میں بھرے کِریٹی (ارجن) نے اسے کاٹ ڈالا، اور وہ شکتِی اسی طرح گر پڑی۔ پھر تمام سِرِنجَی متحد ہو کر جنگ میں بھیشم پر ہر طرف سے وار کرنے لگے—مرکّز اور مشترکہ حملے سے اسے تھکانے اور کمزور کرنے کی کوشش کرتے ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• {'sā': 'she/that (feminine pronoun

• here referring to the severed object/weapon/standard as per context)', 'papāta': 'fell down', 'tathā': 'thus, in that manner', 'chinnā': 'cut, severed', 'saṅkruddhena': 'by one who is enraged

• in anger', 'kirīṭinā': 'by Kirīṭin, ‘the diademed one’ (Arjuna)', 'atāḍayan': 'they struck, beat, assailed', 'raṇe': 'in battle, on the battlefield', 'bhīṣmam': 'Bhīṣma', 'sahitāḥ': 'together, united, in concert', 'sarva-sṛñjayāḥ': 'all the Sṛñjayas (the Pāṇḍava-aligned warriors)'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• Bhīṣma
• Sṛñjayas
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the tension between reverence and duty in war: even an elder like Bhīṣma is opposed without hesitation when dharma is interpreted as fulfilling one’s role as a warrior and protecting one’s side. It also illustrates how collective action is used to counter overwhelming individual prowess.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that something (described as ‘she/that’) has been cut off by the enraged Arjuna and falls. Immediately after, the Sṛñjayas unite and strike Bhīṣma from all directions in battle, attempting to pressure and weaken him through coordinated assault.