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Shloka 97

गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनका ध्वज मानो युद्धका इच्छुक होकर कर्णके ध्वजपर आक्रमण करने लगा। अर्जुनकी ध्वजाका महान्‌ वेगशाली वानर उस समय अपने स्थानसे उछला और कर्णकी ध्वजाकी साँकलपर चोट करने लगा, जैसे गरुड़ अपने पंजों और चोंचसे सर्पपर प्रहार कर रहे हों ।।

sā kiḍkiṇīkābharaṇā kālapāśopamāyasī | abhyadravat susaṃrabdhā hastikakṣyātha taṃ kapim ||

三阇耶说道:执甘狄婆之阿周那的旗帜,仿佛渴求战斗一般,向迦尔那的军旗发起冲击。其时,阿周那旗上的疾猛神猴从原位跃起,猛击迦尔那旗上的锁链,宛如迦楼罗以爪与喙撕击毒蛇。那锁链缀以叮当小铃,形同死神之索(迦罗缚绳,kāla-pāśa),在狂怒中猛然扑来,反击那只神猴——哈奴曼——气势凶烈。

साshe/that (female)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
किड्किणीकाभरणाhaving/with a kinkiṇī-ornament (chain of small bells)
किड्किणीकाभरणा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकिड्किणीकाभरण
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कालपाशोपमाlike the noose of Death
कालपाशोपमा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकालपाशोपमा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
यसीwhich (female)
यसी:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयस्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अभ्यद्रवत्ran towards / rushed at
अभ्यद्रवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-द्रु
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सुसंरब्धाhighly enraged / greatly agitated
सुसंरब्धा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुसंरब्ध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
हस्तिकक्ष्याelephant-girth/strap (a kind of binding/chain)
हस्तिकक्ष्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहस्तिकक्ष्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
तम्that (him)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कपिम्monkey
कपिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकपि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Arjuna
G
Gāṇḍīva (bow)
H
Hanumān (the monkey on Arjuna’s standard)
K
Karṇa
D
Dhvaja (banner/standard)
K
Kāla (Death, as metaphor)
P
Pāśa (noose, as metaphor)
G
Garuḍa (simile context)
S
Sarpa (serpent, simile context)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how, in a dharma-contested war, even symbols (standards, emblems) mirror the inner states of warriors—wrath, resolve, and the sense of mortal peril—reminding the listener that ethical struggle is not only physical but also psychological and emblematic.

As Arjuna presses the attack on Karṇa’s standard, Hanumān on Arjuna’s banner leaps to strike Karṇa’s banner-chain; in response, the bell-adorned, death-noose-like strap/chain surges fiercely toward the monkey, intensifying the dramatic clash of the two champions’ chariot-emblems.