Shloka 18

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

सुतसोम॑ तु शकुनिर्विद्ध्वा तु निशितै: शरै: । नाकम्पयत संक्रुद्धो वार्योध इव पर्वतम्‌

Transliteration

Sutasomaṁ tu Śakunir viddhvā tu niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | nākampayata saṁkruddho vāryogha iva parvatam ||

Translation

دوسری طرف غضبناک شکنی نے تیز تیروں سے سوتسوم کو زخمی تو کیا، مگر اسے جنبش نہ دے سکا—جیسے پانی کا تند بہاؤ پہاڑ کو نہیں ہلا سکتا۔

Word by Word

• सुतसोमम्: Sutasoma (name), as object
• सुतसोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतसोम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• तु: indeed/again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अकम्पयत्: he did not shake/make tremble
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), Past, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past participle)

• वार्योधः: a mass/stream of water (water-flood)
• वार्योधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni
• Sutasoma
• arrows (śara)
• mountain (parvata)
• flood/current of water (vāryogha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger and aggression do not guarantee effectiveness; steadfastness and inner firmness can render even sharp attacks powerless—like a mountain unmoved by a flood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakuni, furious, shoots Sutasoma with sharp arrows and wounds him, yet Sutasoma remains unshaken; Sañjaya describes this with the simile of a mountain that a rushing water-current cannot move.