Shloka 126

Devanagari script

न चक्कुस्ते रुजं तस्य स्वर्णपड्खा: शिलाशिता: । महारथी शिखण्डीने जिन महान्‌ बाणोंका प्रयोग किया था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | na cākkuṣṭe rujaṃ tasya svarṇapakṣāḥ śilāśitāḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：然而那些箭——金翼辉煌，石上磨砺至锋——竟不能在毗湿摩身上造成任何创伤与痛楚。此叙述彰显毗湿摩在战火暴烈之中那非凡的坚忍与仿佛受神力护持的决意：单凭武艺之精，终难胜过一生扎根于誓愿、达摩与既定时辰的生命。

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अक्कुः: wound/ulcer (a sore)
• अक्कुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्कु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• रुजम्: pain
• रुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुज् (स्त्री, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• स्वर्णपक्षाः: having golden wings/feathered with gold
• स्वर्णपक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्णपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिलाशिताः: sharpened on a whetstone
• शिलाशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• arrows (bāṇa)
• golden fletchings (svarṇapakṣa)
• whetstone/stone (śilā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that external force and refined weaponry do not necessarily prevail over one established in dharma, vow, and destined time; moral-spiritual stature and providential order can render mere technique ineffective.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that even though the arrows (described as golden-fletched and stone-sharpened) were expertly made and shot, they failed to cause Bhīṣma any wound or pain, emphasizing his exceptional resilience on the battlefield.