Shloka 35

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

चिच्छेद तांस्तु खड्गेन शिक्षया च बलेन च | दर्शयँल्लाघवं युद्धे ताक्ष्यतुल्यपराक्रम:,परंतु गरुड़के तुल्य पराक्रमी सुतसोमने अपनी शिक्षा और बलके अनुसार युद्धमें फुर्ती दिखाते हुए खड्गसे उन सब बाणोंके टुकड़े-टुकड़े कर डाले

Transliteration

ciccheda tāṁs tu khaḍgena śikṣayā ca balena ca | darśayaṁl lāghavaṁ yuddhe tākṣya-tulya-parākramaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Nhưng Sutasoma, dũng lực sánh với Tākṣya (Garuḍa), đã phô bày sự lanh lẹ nơi chiến trận; nương vào luyện tập và sức mạnh của mình, chàng dùng kiếm chém nát tất cả những mũi tên ấy. Cảnh này khắc họa lý tưởng kṣatriya: quyền lực được dẫn dắt bởi thực hành và kỷ luật, giữa bổn phận khắc nghiệt của chiến địa.

Word by Word

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• चिच्छेद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• खड्गेन: with a sword
• खड्गेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शिक्षया: by training/skill
• शिक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बलेन: by strength
• बलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दर्शयन्: showing, displaying
• दर्शयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लाघवम्: lightness, agility
• लाघवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाघव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ताक्ष्य-तुल्य-पराक्रमः: having valor equal to Garuḍa
• ताक्ष्य-तुल्य-पराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताक्ष्यतुल्यपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• khaḍga (sword)
• bāṇa (arrows, implied by context)
• Tākṣya (Garuḍa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that true martial excellence is not mere brute force: it is strength directed by training (śikṣā) and expressed as controlled agility (lāghava). In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such disciplined prowess is part of kṣatriya-dharma—skillful performance of one’s duty even amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior—likened in valor to Garuḍa—who, in the midst of combat, swiftly cuts the incoming arrows into fragments with his sword, demonstrating exceptional speed and technique.