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Shloka 76

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

युगं चैवानुकर्ष च शरभूतम भूत्तदा । प्रभो! अर्जुनके रथके पहिये, कूबर, ईषादण्ड, लगाम या जोते, जूआ और अनुकर्ष-- ये सब-के-सब उस समय बाणमय हो रहे थे

yugaṃ caivānukarṣaṃ ca śarabhūtam abhūt tadā | prabho! arjunake rathake pahiye, kūbara, īṣādaṇḍa, lagāma yā jote, jūā aura anukarṣa—ye saba-ke-saba usa samaya bāṇamaya ho rahe the |

Sañjaya nói: “Tâu chúa thượng, khi ấy ngay cả ách và dây kéo cũng như thể làm bằng mũi tên. Quả thật, bánh xe chiến xa của Arjuna, càng xe và các bộ phận của ách, dây cương và đồ thắng ngựa, ách và dây kéo—mọi thứ đều đang biến thành một khối mũi tên.”

युगम्yoke
युगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुग
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अनुकर्षम्drag-rope/trace (tug)
अनुकर्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअनुकर्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शरभूतम्become (made) of arrows
शरभूतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशर-भूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अभूत्became
अभूत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormAorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular
तदाthen/at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Arjuna
A
Arjuna’s chariot
Y
yoke (yuga)
T
trace/drag-rope (anukarṣa)
A
arrows (śara)
W
wheels
K
kūbara
Ī
īṣādaṇḍa
R
reins (lagāma)
H
harness-gear

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how, in unchecked conflict, even the tools meant to guide and restrain (reins, yoke, harness) are overwhelmed—suggesting an ethical warning: violence can consume the very structures that enable control, order, and right conduct.

Sañjaya describes the ferocity of the fighting: arrows are so dense that Arjuna’s chariot equipment—wheels, pole, yoke, reins, and traces—appears as if transformed into arrows, emphasizing the battle’s intensity and danger.