Shloka 14

अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च

Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents

Devanagari script

तथेतरान्‌ महाराज यतमानान्‌ महारथान्‌ । पज्चभि: पज्चभिर्बाणैरेकैकं प्रत्यवारयत्‌,महाराज! इसी प्रकार विजयके लिये प्रयत्नशील अन्य महारथियोंमेंसे प्रत्येकको पाँच- पाँच बाण मारकर रोक दिया

Transliteration

tathā itarān mahārāja yatamānān mahārathān | pañcabhiḥ pañcabhir bāṇair ekaikaṃ pratyavārayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Tâu Đại vương, cũng như thế, chàng đã chặn đứng các đại xa chiến binh khác đang gắng sức giành thắng lợi—mỗi người đều bị đánh bật lại bằng năm mũi tên.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इतरान्: other (ones)
• इतरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यतमानान्: striving, making effort
• यतमानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतमान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• पञ्चभिः: with five (each time)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• एकैकम्: each one (individually)
• एकैकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्यवारयत्: he checked, held back, repelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+अव+√वृ (वारय)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'mahārāja')
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• bāṇa (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, action is portrayed as measured and purposeful: the warrior’s skill is shown in restraining and repelling opponents efficiently, reflecting a battlefield ethic of controlled force rather than uncontrolled violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighter being described counters other elite chariot-warriors who press forward for victory, stopping each one by shooting five arrows at him.