Shloka 36

अध्याय ५३ — रणमेघोपमा सेना-वर्णना तथा सुषेण-वधोत्तर प्रतिक्रिया

Battle-as-Storm Imagery and the Aftermath of Suṣeṇa’s Fall

Devanagari script

विधूय तं बाणगणं शरै: कनकभूषणै: । व्यरोचत रणे राजन धृष्टद्युम्न: कृतव्रण:

Transliteration

vidhūya taṃ bāṇagaṇaṃ śaraiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ | vyarocata raṇe rājan dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ kṛtavraṇaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: “Tâu Đại vương, Dhṛṣṭadyumna dùng những mũi tên điểm vàng của mình hất tung cả khối tên kia; dẫu đã mang thương tích, chàng vẫn rực sáng giữa chiến địa.”

Word by Word

• विधूय: having shaken off / having scattered
• विधूय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बाणगणम्: the multitude of arrows
• बाणगणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणगण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कनकभूषणैः: adorned with gold ornaments / golden-ornamented
• कनकभूषणैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनकभूषण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• व्यरोचत: shone forth / appeared splendid
• व्यरोचत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-रुच्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतव्रणः: wounded / having wounds
• कृतव्रणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतव्रण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• arrows (bāṇa/śara)
• gold ornaments (kanaka-bhūṣaṇa)
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in one’s appointed duty (kṣatriya-dharma): even when wounded, a warrior maintains composure and responds with skill rather than despair, embodying resilience and disciplined courage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Dhṛṣṭadyumna on the battlefield: he shakes off a barrage of arrows and counters with golden-adorned shafts, and despite his wounds he appears radiant and formidable in the fight.