Shloka 143

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणैरन्तरा स धनंजय: । विषधर सर्पोके समान उन कठोर बाणोंको अपनी ओर आते देख अर्जुनने तीखे सायकोंद्वारा उन सबको बीचसे काट डाला

Transliteration

ciccheda niśitair bāṇair antarā sa dhanañjayaḥ | viṣadhara-sarpokaiḥ samānān kaṭhora-bāṇān ātmanaḥ prati āgacchataḥ dṛṣṭvā arjunena tīkṣṇaiḥ sāyakair tān sarvān madhyataś chittvā nipātitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Thấy những mũi tên cứng rắn ấy—tựa rắn độc—lao về phía mình, Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) lập tức dùng những mũi tên sắc như dao cắt phăng tất cả ngay giữa không trung. Cảnh ấy nêu bật bản lĩnh kỷ luật nơi chiến địa: sức mạnh không đáp lại bằng cơn giận mù quáng, mà bằng sự chế ngự chính xác, ngăn tai họa trước khi chạm tới.

Word by Word

• चिच्छेद: cut (asunder)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (छेदने)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदी, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• अन्तरा: in between; midway
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तरा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Dhanañjaya
• arrows
• serpents (simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in violent conflict, dharma is expressed through restraint and precision: Arjuna neutralizes danger before it harms, showing controlled strength rather than uncontrolled aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna sees a volley of hard, deadly arrows rushing toward him and cuts them apart in mid-air with his own sharp arrows, preventing them from reaching him.