Shloka 33

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

अथैनं छिन्नथन्वानं विव्याध निशितै: शरै: । दुर्योधनने युद्धस्थलमें धृष्टद्युम्मका धनुष काट दिया और धनुष कट जानेपर उन्हें पैने बाणोंसे बींध डाला ।। धृष्टद्युम्नो5पि समरे प्रगृह् परमायुधम्‌

Transliteration

atha enaṁ chinnadhanvānaṁ vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | duryodhanaḥ yuddhasthale dhṛṣṭadyumnasya dhanuḥ kāṭayitvā dhanuṣaḥ chinne sati taṁ tīkṣṇaiḥ bāṇaiḥ viddhvā || dhṛṣṭadyumno 'pi samare pragṛhya paramāyudham ...

Translation

پھر دُریودھن نے کمان کٹے ہوئے دھِرِشتَدْیُمن کو میدانِ جنگ میں تیز تیروں سے چھید ڈالا۔ دھِرِشتَدْیُمن نے بھی اس معرکے میں اعلیٰ ترین ہتھیار تھام کر جوابی وار کے لیے کمر باندھی۔

Word by Word

अथthen

एनम्him

छिन्न-धन्वानम्whose bow was cut (bow-cut)

विव्याधpierced

निशितैःwith sharp

शरैःarrows

धृष्टद्युम्नःDhrishtadyumna

अपिalso

समरेin battle

प्रगृह्यhaving seized/taken up

परम-आयुधम्the supreme weapon

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Duryodhana

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

battlefield (yuddhasthala)

bow (dhanuḥ)

arrows (śara/bāṇa)

supreme weapon (paramāyudha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh ethic of battlefield dharma: skill, alertness, and resolve decide survival. Even when disarmed, a warrior is expected to regain composure, take up another weapon, and continue—showing steadfastness under adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Duryodhana cuts Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s bow and immediately wounds him with sharp arrows. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, undeterred, takes up a powerful weapon to counterattack, continuing the duel amid the larger war.