Shloka 43
भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः
Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation
Devanagari script
तथेतराउछरान् घोरान् शरै: संनतपर्वभि:
Transliteration
tathetarau ccharān ghorān śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
Translation
三阇耶说道：“于是对方战士回击，射出可怖的箭矢——节骨匀整、关节分明的长箭——在阴沉的战势推进中，以暴易暴。”
Word by Word
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
FormAvyaya (indeclinable)
इतरान्other (ones)
इतरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उच्छ्रितान्raised, uplifted
उच्छ्रितान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउच्छ्रित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural (past passive participle from √श्रि with ud-)
घोरान्terrible, fierce
घोरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
संनतपर्वभिःwith (arrows) having bent joints/knots
संनतपर्वभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसंनतपर्वन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
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
The verse underscores the harsh reciprocity of war: once battle is joined, opponents respond in kind, illustrating how violence escalates and how martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma) operates within the battlefield’s grim ethics.
Sañjaya narrates a combat exchange in which one side responds to an attack by releasing fearsome, well-crafted arrows, continuing the back-and-forth of missile warfare.