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Shloka 9

Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation

आददे च शरं घोरें पार्षतान्तचिकीर्षया । शक्राशनिसमस्पर्श कालदण्डमिवापरम्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ धृष्टद्युम्मका अन्त कर डालनेकी इच्छासे द्वितीय कालदण्डके समान एक भयंकर बाण हाथमें लिया, जिसका स्पर्श इन्द्रके वज़्के समान कठोर था

ādade ca śaraṁ ghoraṁ pārṣatāntacikīrṣayā | śakrāśanisamasparśaṁ kāladaṇḍam ivāparam ||

پھر پارشت پُتر کو انجام تک پہنچانے کی نیت سے اس نے ایک ہولناک تیر ہاتھ میں لیا، جس کا لمس اندرا کے وجر کی طرح سخت تھا—گویا موت کا دوسرا عصا۔

आददेtook up
आददे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ-दा (डादाने)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शरम्arrow
शरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पार्षतान्तचिकीर्षयाwith the desire to put an end to the son of Pārṣata (Dṛṣṭadyumna)
पार्षतान्तचिकीर्षया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्षतान्त-चिकीर्षा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
शक्राशनिसमस्पर्शम्having a touch like Indra's thunderbolt
शक्राशनिसमस्पर्शम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्राशनि-सम-स्पर्श
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कालदण्डम्the staff/rod of Death (Time)
कालदण्डम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकालदण्ड
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इवlike
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अपरम्another, second
अपरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)
Ś
Śakra (Indra)
A
Aśani (Indra’s thunderbolt/vajra)
K
Kāla (Death/Time)
D
Daṇḍa (staff/rod)
Ś
Śara (arrow)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the terrifying momentum of war: intent (cikīrṣā) and wrath can make a warrior’s action feel like an instrument of Kāla (Death). It invites reflection on how duty-bound violence, even when socially sanctioned in battle, carries an ethical gravity and a sense of fatal inevitability.

Sanjaya describes a combatant taking up a fearsome arrow specifically to kill Dhṛṣṭadyumna (called Pārṣata). The arrow is compared to Indra’s thunderbolt in hardness and to a second staff of Death in its lethal power.