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Shloka 39

भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः

Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array

सिंधुराज्ञो<र्धचन्द्रेण वाराहं स्वर्णभूषितम्‌ । उनन्‍्ममाथ महाराज द्वितीयेनाच्छिनद्‌ धनु:,महाराज! उसने एक अर्धचन्द्राकार बाणसे सिन्धुराज जयद्रथकी वाराहचिह्नसे युक्त सुवर्णभूषित ध्वजा काट डाली और दूसरे बाणसे उसके धनुषके दो टुकड़े कर दिये

sañjaya uvāca | sindhurājño 'rdhacandreṇa vārāhaṃ svarṇabhūṣitam | unmanmatha mahārāja dvitīyenācchinad dhanuḥ ||

سنجے نے کہا—اے مہاراج! اس نے ہلال نما تیر سے سندھُ راج جےدرَتھ کی سونے سے آراستہ، ورَاہ نشان والی دھوجا کاٹ گرائی؛ اور دوسرے تیر سے اس کی کمان کو دو ٹکڑے کر دیا۔

सिन्धुराज्ञःof the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)
सिन्धुराज्ञः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धुराज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अर्धचन्द्रेणwith a half-moon (shaped arrow)
अर्धचन्द्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअर्धचन्द्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
वाराहम्boar-marked / having a boar emblem
वाराहम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवाराह
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
स्वर्णभूषितम्adorned with gold
स्वर्णभूषितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर्णभूषित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उन्ममाथhe struck / shattered / cut down
उन्ममाथ:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootउन्मथ्
FormPerfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
द्वितीयेनwith the second (arrow)
द्वितीयेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
अच्छिनत्he cut off
अच्छिनत्:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootछिद्
FormImperfect, Third, Singular
धनुःthe bow
धनुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
S
Sindhurāja (Jayadratha)
D
dhvaja (banner/standard) with vārāha emblem
A
ardhacandra arrow
B
bow (dhanuḥ)

Educational Q&A

Even in war, actions carry ethical weight: striking the banner and then the bow shows strategic restraint aimed at disabling and demoralizing rather than indiscriminate slaughter, reflecting the battlefield logic within kṣatriya-dharma.

Sañjaya reports that a warrior (implied from context) uses a crescent-headed arrow to cut down Jayadratha’s boar-emblemed, gold-decorated standard, and then with a second arrow cuts Jayadratha’s bow, effectively neutralizing him.