Shloka 406

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

शतचन्द्रं च तच्चर्म सर्वोपकरणानि च । मान्यवर! इसके बाद उसने अपने बाणोंद्वारा नकुलके उस दिव्य रथको तिल-तिल करके काट दिया और पताका

Transliteration

śatacandraṃ ca tac carma sarvopakaraṇāni ca |

Translation

三阇耶说道：他毁掉了那面饰有百轮月纹的盾牌，并将其余一切器具尽数摧毁。

Word by Word

• शतचन्द्रम्: having a hundred moon(-like) marks
• शतचन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतचन्द्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चर्म: shield (leather shield)
• चर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वोपकरणानि: all implements/equipment
• सर्वोपकरणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वोपकरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• shield (carma) with hundred moon-emblems (śatacandra)
• implements/equipment (upakaraṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a battlefield ethic within kṣatriya-dharma: victory is pursued through skillful neutralization of an opponent’s defenses and equipment, demonstrating mastery and strategic dominance rather than mere brute force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the combatant (implied from context) destroys the opponent’s ornate shield—distinguished by a hundred moon-like marks—and also ruins the rest of his gear, leaving him materially disarmed.