Shloka 4536

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

सज्यमस्य धनु: कण्ठे व्यवासृजत भारत । भारत! राधापुत्र कर्णने बारंबार हँसते हुए उनका पीछा करके उनके गलेमें प्रत्यंचासहित अपना धनुष डाल दिया

Transliteration

sajyam asya dhanuḥ kaṇṭhe vyavāsṛjat bhārata | bhārata! rādhāputraḥ karṇaḥ bāraṃbāraṃ hasan tasya pṛṣṭhataḥ anugamya tasya kaṇṭhe pratyāṅcāsahitaṃ svaṃ dhanuḥ nyaveśayat |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Hỡi Bhārata, hắn để cây cung đã lên dây của mình trượt xuống cổ. Rồi Karṇa, con của Rādhā, vừa cười liên hồi vừa đuổi theo và đặt chính cây cung của mình, cùng dây cung, vòng quanh cổ đối thủ.

Word by Word

• सज्यम्: strung, with the bowstring fixed
• सज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कण्ठे: on/at the neck
• कण्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• व्यवासृजत्: threw/placed (down) upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, वि,अव

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Karṇa (Rādhāputra)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• bowstring (pratyāṅcā)
• neck (kaṇṭha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, power can be expressed through humiliation and intimidation; this episode highlights the ethical strain between martial success and the restraint expected of a righteous battle (dharma-yuddha).

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna repeatedly laughs while pursuing his opponent and, in a gesture of dominance, places his strung bow (with its bowstring) around the other’s neck, turning a weapon into an instrument of mockery and control.