Shloka 14

Devanagari script

महारथी पौरवने युद्धमें महाधनुर्धर धृष्टकेतुको बाणोंद्वारा आच्छादित करके उन्हें बारंबार घायल किया ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tathāiva pauravaṁ yuddhe dhṛṣṭaketur mahārathaḥ | triṁśatā niśitair bāṇair vivyādha āśu mahābhujaḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：同样在战场上，臂力雄健的提利什塔计都（Dhṛṣṭaketu）这位摩诃车战士迅疾以三十支锐箭贯穿般度罗婆（Paurava）。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• पौरवम्: the Paurava (descendant of Puru; here: Duryodhana/one of the Pauravas)
• पौरवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धृष्टकेतुः: Dhrishtaketu
• धृष्टकेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टकेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिंशता: with thirty
• त्रिंशता: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• निशितैः: sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• महाभुजः: mighty-armed
• महाभुजः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛṣṭaketu
• Paurava (Kaurava/Kuru warrior)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• battlefield (yuddha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the symmetry of violence in war: injury is met with counter-injury. It implicitly frames battlefield action as driven by kṣatriya prowess and obligation, while reminding the listener that such exchanges accumulate suffering within a broader conflict that tests dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭaketu, an elite warrior, quickly strikes a Paurava opponent with thirty sharp arrows, wounding him—an immediate retaliation within an ongoing duel-like exchange amid the larger Kurukṣetra battle.