Shloka 17

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्तु दशभिर्गार्ध्रपत्रै: शिलाशितै: । भीमसेनं महेष्वासं रुक्मपुड्खै: समार्पयत्‌,दुर्योधनने शान चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए गृध्र-पंखयुक्त अथवा सुवर्णमय पंखवाले दस बाण मारकर महाथनुर्धर भीमसेनको बड़ी चोट पहुँचायी

Transliteration

duryodhanas tu daśabhir gārdhrapatraiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | bhīmasenaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ rukmapuṅkhaiḥ samārpayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Nhưng Duryodhana đã bắn Bhīmasena, đại cung thủ, bằng mười mũi tên—được mài sắc bằng đá, cắm lông kền kền, cán như mang đôi cánh vàng—gây nên một vết thương nặng. Trong bầu không khí đạo lý của cuộc chiến, câu kệ nêu bật sự leo thang không ngừng của bạo lực và ý chí của chiến binh muốn khuất phục một đối thủ đáng gờm, dù cuộc xung đột đẩy cả hai phía lún sâu vào mối thù hủy diệt.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• गार्ध्रपत्रैः: having vulture-feathers
• गार्ध्रपत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गार्ध्रपत्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शिलाशितैः: stone-whetted/sharpened on stone
• शिलाशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासम्: great bowman (lit. great-bowed)
• महेष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रुक्मपुड्खैः: with golden fletchings
• रुक्मपुड्खैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपुड्ख
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समार्पयत्: he struck/shot (lit. caused to reach/aimed at)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√अर्प्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• vulture-feathers (gārdhrapatra)
• stone-whetted edges (śilāśita)
• golden fletching (rukmapuṅkha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how, once war is embraced, determination and skill are often directed toward harm; it implicitly warns that unchecked enmity escalates suffering, even while depicting the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness in combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana shoots Bhīma with ten sharp, well-crafted arrows (stone-whetted, vulture-feathered, gold-fletched), wounding the powerful Pāṇḍava warrior in the midst of battle.