Shloka 9

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

श्यालस्तु तव संक्रुद्धो माद्रीपुत्रं हसन्निव । कर्णिनिकेन विव्याध हृदये निशितेन ह

Transliteration

śyālas tu tava saṅkruddho mādrīputraṃ hasann iva | karṇinikena vivyādha hṛdaye niśitena ha ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: “Em rể của bệ hạ, bừng bừng phẫn nộ, như thể đang cười, đã dùng mũi tên sắc loại karṇinī bắn xuyên vào vùng tim của Nakula—con trai của Mādrī.”

Word by Word

• श्यालः: brother-in-law
• श्यालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्याल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• माद्रीपुत्रम्: Madrī's son (Nakula)
• माद्रीपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हसन्: laughing
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• कर्णिनिकेन: with a 'kārṇinika' arrow
• कर्णिनिकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिनिक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हृदये: in the heart/chest
• हृदये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निशितेन: sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')
• Śyāla (your brother-in-law)
• Mādrī
• Nakula (Mādrī’s son)
• Karṇinī arrow

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) distorts conduct: even an outward show of laughter can accompany ruthless harm. It implicitly warns that in war, ethical restraint is easily eclipsed when wrath governs action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s brother-in-law, enraged, shoots Mādrī’s son Nakula with a sharp karṇinī arrow, striking him in the chest/heart-region.