Shloka 7

Devanagari script

दुर्योधन त्रिभिबाणिर्बाह्वोरुससि चार्पयत्‌ | स तत्र शुशुभे राजा शिखरैगिरिराडिव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhanaṃ tribhir bāṇair bāhv-orasi cārpayat | sa tatra śuśubhe rājā śikharair girirāḍ iva |

Translation

三阇耶说道：毗摩以三箭射中杜尔约陀那——两臂与胸膛皆中。为箭矢所伤，那位国王在战场上反而光耀如一座三峰冠顶的巍峨大山。

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• बाह्वोः: in/on (his) two arms
• बाह्वोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• उरसि: on the chest
• उरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अर्पयत्: he placed/inflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• शुशुभे: shone/appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिखरैः: with peaks
• शिखरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• गिरिराट्: the king of mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिराज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Bhīmasena (implied as the archer in context)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• bow (implied in context)
• mountain (girirāṭ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reflects the kṣatriya battlefield ethic where endurance and visible wounds can signify valor; it also subtly shows how anger and rivalry sustain the cycle of violence, turning suffering into spectacle rather than prompting restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīma–Duryodhana exchange, Bhīma shoots three arrows that hit Duryodhana’s two arms and chest; Duryodhana, marked by the three impacts, is compared to a majestic mountain with three peaks.