Shloka 22

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

तथास्य सशरं चापं हस्तावापं च मारिष

Transliteration

tathāsya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ hastāvāpaṃ ca māriṣa

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—اور پھر، اے بزرگ، اس کا تیروں سمیت کمان اور ہاتھ کا محافظ (ہستاوآپ) بھی (کاٹ/چھین) لیا گیا۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सशरम्: together with arrows; arrow-furnished
• सशरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हस्तावापम्: hand-guard / arm-guard (protective gear for the hand/forearm)
• हस्तावापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तावाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मारिष: O noble sir / O venerable one
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (cāpa)
• arrows (śara)
• hand-guard/arm-protector (hastāvāpa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a warrior’s domain, strength depends on conditions—skill, weapons, protection, and circumstance. The sudden loss of bow, arrows, or protective gear highlights the instability of power and the moral warning that pride in violence is precarious, especially when war is driven by adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield moment where a particular warrior’s key equipment—his bow with arrows and his hand/arm protection—has been removed, broken, or rendered ineffective, signaling a turning point in that combat exchange.