Shloka 7

Devanagari script

समार्गणगुणं चापं छित्त्वा तस्यप महानसि: । निपपात ततो भूमौ च्युत: सर्प इवाम्बरात्‌,उनकी वह लंबी तलवार दुःशासनके धनुष, बाण और प्रत्यंचाकों काटकर आकाशसे भ्रष्ट हुए सर्पकी भाँति वहाँ पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ी

Transliteration

samārgaṇaguṇaṃ cāpaṃ chittvā tasya mahān asiḥ | nipapāta tato bhūmau cyutaḥ sarpa ivāmbarāt ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“那柄雄剑斩断了他那张拉得极紧的弓，连同其一切配件；随后坠落于地，宛如长蛇自天而落。”

Word by Word

समार्गणगुणम्the bow-string (lit. battle-string)

चand

आपम्bow

छित्त्वाhaving cut

तस्यof him/that

अपaway, off

महानसिःthe long sword

निपपातfell down

ततःthen, from there

भूमौon the ground

च्युतःfallen down, slipped

सर्पःa serpent

इवlike, as if

अम्बरात्from the sky

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

bow (cāpa)

bowstring (guṇa)

sword (asi)

serpent (sarpa)

earth/ground (bhūmi)

sky (ambara)

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?

In the ethics of kṣatriya warfare, victory is often achieved by neutralizing the opponent’s capacity to fight; the verse highlights decisive skill—disarming rather than merely striking—showing controlled, purposeful force within the battlefield code.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a combat moment where a mighty sword severs an opponent’s well-strung bow (and its fittings). The sword then drops to the ground, compared poetically to a serpent falling from the sky.