Shloka 35

Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas

Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode

Devanagari script

ततः पार्थो महातेजा विशिखानग्नितेजस: । चिक्षेप समरे क्रुद्धस्त्रयोदश शिलाशितान्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ pārtho mahātejā viśikhān agnitejasaḥ | cikṣepa samare kruddhas trayodaśa śilāśitān ||

Translation

Bấy giờ Pārtha (Arjuna) đại uy quang, nổi giận giữa chiến địa, phóng mười ba mũi tên có đầu được mài trên đá, rực sáng như lửa.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• पार्थः: the son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• विशिखान्: arrows
• विशिखान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अग्नितेजसः: having the brilliance of fire
• अग्नितेजसः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नितेजस्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• चिक्षेप: he hurled/shot
• चिक्षेप: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle from √क्रुध्)

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश
• Form: indeclinable numeral used adjectivally (agreeing with plural object)

• शिलाशितान्: sharpened on stone
• शिलाशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (PPP from √शा/शि 'to sharpen', with शिला as instrument/means in compound)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• arrows
• stone (whetstone)
• battlefield

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid anger, a kṣatriya’s action is expected to remain skillful, deliberate, and aligned with the discipline of righteous combat; power is shown through controlled mastery rather than chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, enraged in the midst of battle, releases thirteen fire-bright arrows whose tips have been sharpened on stone, signaling an escalation in the fight through superior archery.