Shloka 27

Devanagari script

विविंशति: पड्चभि श्र त्रिभिर्द:शासनस्तथा । तान्‌ प्रत्यविध्यद्‌ राजेन्द्र पार्षत: शत्रुतापन:

Transliteration

viviṁśatiḥ pañcabhiś ca tribhir duryodhanas tathā | tān pratyavidhyad rājendra pārṣataḥ śatrutāpanaḥ ||

Translation

اے راجندر! وِوِمشتی نے پانچ تیروں سے اور دُحشاسن نے تین تیروں سے جوابی وار کیا؛ تب شترُتاپن پارشت (دھِرِشتدیومن) نے انہیں بھی پلٹ کر چھید دیا۔

Word by Word

• विविंशतिः: Viviṃśati (a warrior’s name)
• विविंशतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विविंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: with three (arrows)
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दुःशासनः: Duḥśāsana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रत्यविध्यत्: pierced/struck back
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पार्षतः: the son of Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• पार्षतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत्रुतापनः: scorcher of foes
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुतापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Pārṣata (son of Pṛṣat; a Pāñcāla warrior)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the kṣatriya code in battle: steadfastness, skill, and measured retaliation within the accepted rules of warfare, showing how duty can be grim yet disciplined.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana shoots a volley of arrows (twenty-five and then three) and the Pāñcāla warrior called Pārṣata counters by piercing back, continuing the missile-exchange on the battlefield.