Shloka 22

धनंजय-दुर्योधन-संग्रामः

Arjuna–Duryodhana Engagement and Admonition

Devanagari script

ततः पार्थो महाबाहु: कर्णस्य धनुरच्छिनत्‌ । स शक्ति प्राहिणोत्‌ तस्मै तां पार्थो व्यधमच्छरै:,तब महाबाहु पार्थने कर्णका धनुष काट दिया। यह देख कर्णने अर्जुनपर शक्ति चलायी; किंतु पार्थने उसे बाणोंसे नष्ट कर दिया

Transliteration

tataḥ pārtho mahābāhuḥ karṇasya dhanur acchinat | sa śaktiṃ prāhiṇot tasmai tāṃ pārtho vyadhamac charaiḥ ||

Translation

Rồi Arjuna, người con trai lực lưỡng của Pṛthā, chém đứt cung của Karṇa. Thấy vậy, Karṇa phóng vũ khí śakti về phía Arjuna; nhưng Arjuna dùng một loạt tên bắn tan nó.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

पार्थःPārtha (Arjuna)

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed

कर्णस्यof Karṇa

धनुःbow

अच्छिनत्cut off, severed

सःhe (Karṇa)

शक्तिम्spear, javelin (śakti-weapon)

प्राहिणोत्sent forth, hurled

तस्मैto him (to Arjuna)

ताम्that (spear)

पार्थःPārtha (Arjuna)

व्यधमत्struck down, destroyed (lit. pierced/beat back)

शरैःwith arrows

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Karṇa

bow (dhanuḥ)

śakti-weapon (śakti)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in violent conflict, the ideal warrior acts with restraint and precision: superior training and steadiness can neutralize dangerous force without panic or excess.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna severs Karṇa’s bow; Karṇa retaliates by hurling a śakti-weapon, but Arjuna counters by breaking it apart with arrows.