Shloka 806

Devanagari script

त॑ चैव निकृतिप्रज्ञा: प्राहरञ्छरवृष्टिभि: । “उसके द्वारा धनुष कट जानेपर रणभूमिमें शेष पाँच महारथी, जो शठतापूर्ण बर्ताव करनेमें प्रवीण थे, बाणोंकी वर्षाद्वारा अभिमन्युको घायल करने लगे

Transliteration

taṁ caiva nikṛtiprajñāḥ prāharan śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Và những kẻ có tâm trí nghiêng về mưu trá đã liên tiếp đánh trúng chàng bằng những trận mưa tên. Dưới ánh sáng đạo lý của thiên anh hùng ca, điều ấy cho thấy sự sụp đổ của đạo võ sĩ: thay vì giao chiến công bằng, họ dùng mưu mẹo và hợp lực tấn công để khuất phục một đối thủ đơn độc.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• निकृतिप्रज्ञाः: having intelligence in deceit; deceit-minded
• निकृतिप्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निकृतिप्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राहरन्: they struck/assailed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शरवृष्टिभिः: with showers of arrows
• शरवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu (implied by context)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how deceitful intent (nikṛti) corrupts judgment (prajñā) and leads to adharma in war—violence becomes not merely force but a moral failure when it abandons fairness and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the hero is put at a disadvantage (as the surrounding context indicates, his bow being cut), the opposing warriors—described as deceit-minded—assail him with a concentrated shower of arrows, intensifying the imbalance of the fight.