Shloka 17
Devanagari script
ततस्तानि निकृत्तानि शरजालानि भागश: । समरे च व्यशीर्यन्त फाल्गुनस्य रथं प्रति,तदनन्तर रणभूमिमें कटकर टुकड़े-टुकड़े हुए वे बाणसमूह अर्जुनके रथपर बिखरने लगे
Transliteration
tatastāni nikṛttāni śarajālāni bhāgaśaḥ | samare ca vyaśīryanta phālgunasya rathaṃ prati ||
Translation
پھر وہ تیر-جال جو کاٹ دیے گئے تھے، ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو کر میدانِ جنگ میں بکھر گئے اور فالگن (ارجن) کے رتھ کی طرف جا گرے۔
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तानिthose
तानि:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
निकृत्तानिcut off, severed
निकृत्तानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनि + कृद् (कृन्तति)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
शरजालानिmasses/nets of arrows
शरजालानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरजाल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
भागशःin parts, piece by piece
भागशः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभागशः
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
व्यशीर्यन्तwere scattered, fell apart
व्यशीर्यन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + शॄ (शीर्यते)
FormImperfect, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
फाल्गुनस्यof Phalguna (Arjuna)
फाल्गुनस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootफाल्गुन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रतिtowards, against
प्रति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaP
Phālguna (Arjuna)R
ratha (chariot)Ś
śarajāla (volleys of arrows)R
raṇabhūmi/samara (battlefield)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
Even in warfare, excellence is shown through disciplined skill and restraint: destructive force can be neutralized by mastery, protecting one’s side without uncontrolled aggression.
A mass of arrows aimed toward Arjuna (Phālguna) is cut down; the severed arrows break into fragments and scatter across the battlefield toward his chariot.