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Shloka 8

विराटसभायां पाण्डवानां प्रवेशः — Arjuna’s Encomium of Yudhiṣṭhira in Virāṭa’s Court

पार्थेन सृष्ट: स तु गार्ध्रपत्र आपुड्खदेशात्‌ प्रविवेश नागम्‌ | विदार्य शैलप्रवरं प्रकाशं यथाशनि: पर्वतमिन्द्रसृष्ट:,पार्थका छोड़ा हुआ वह गीध पक्षीके परोंवाला बाण उस हाथीके मस्तकमें पंखसहित घुस गया; मानो इन्द्रका चलाया हुआ वज्र किसी प्रकाशपूर्ण गिरिराजको विदीर्ण करके उसके भीतर समा गया हो

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

pārthena sṛṣṭaḥ sa tu gārdhrapatra āpuḍkhadeśāt praviveśa nāgam |

vidārya śailapravaraṃ prakāśaṃ yathāśaniḥ parvatam indrasṛṣṭaḥ ||

پارتھ کے چھوڑے ہوئے گِدھ کے پروں والے اُس تیر نے پروں سمیت ہاتھی کی کنپٹی میں جگہ بنا لی۔ گویا اندر کا چلایا ہوا صاعقہ ایک روشن کوہِ شاہ کو چیر کر اس کے اندر سما گیا ہو۔

पार्थेनby Partha (Arjuna)
पार्थेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सृष्टःreleased, shot
सृष्टः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःthat (arrow)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुindeed, but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
गार्ध्रपत्रःhaving vulture-feathers (fletched with vulture plumes)
गार्ध्रपत्रः:
TypeAdjective
Rootगार्ध्रपत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आपुड्खदेशात्from the region of the tail-end (up to the fletching)
आपुड्खदेशात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootआपुड्खदेश
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
प्रविवेशentered, penetrated
प्रविवेश:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + विश्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
नागम्the elephant
नागम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विदार्यhaving split, tearing apart
विदार्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + दृ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
शैलप्रवरम्a foremost mountain
शैलप्रवरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशैलप्रवर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रकाशम्bright, shining
प्रकाशम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रकाश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
अशनिःthe thunderbolt
अशनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअशनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पर्वतम्a mountain
पर्वतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इन्द्रसृष्टःreleased by Indra
इन्द्रसृष्टः:
TypeAdjective
Rootइन्द्रसृष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
Pārtha (Arjuna)
N
Nāga (elephant)
A
Aśani (Indra’s thunderbolt)
I
Indra
A
Arrow (vulture-feathered)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the overwhelming efficacy of disciplined martial prowess: when power is guided by mastery (and not mere rage), it becomes decisive and precise—symbolized by the arrow’s clean penetration and the comparison to Indra’s vajra.

Arjuna (Pārtha) shoots a vulture-feathered arrow that pierces an elephant at the temple region, entering so deeply that even the feathers go in; the poet intensifies the scene by likening it to Indra’s thunderbolt splitting a shining mountain and vanishing into it.