Shloka 153

Devanagari script

नकुल: शुशुभे राजंस्त्रिशुड्र इव पर्वत: । राजन! शत्रुकी भुजाओंसे छूटकर ललाटमें धँसे हुए उन तीन बाणोंके द्वारा नकुल तीन शिखरोंवाले पर्वतके समान शोभा पाने लगे

Transliteration

nakulaḥ śuśubhe rājan triśūḍra iva parvataḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“大王啊，那俱罗宛如三峰之山般熠熠生辉，因为那三支箭——自敌人臂力所发——已深深没入他的额头。”

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुशुभे: shone; appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्रिशृङ्गः: three-peaked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशृङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पर्वतः: mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Nakula
• arrows (bāṇa)
• forehead (lalāṭa)
• mountain (parvata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores kṣatriya-dharma as steadfastness under injury: a warrior’s dignity and resolve should not collapse when struck; endurance itself becomes a form of moral strength in the battlefield context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Nakula after being hit by three arrows that have lodged in his forehead; despite the wound, Nakula appears striking—compared to a mountain with three peaks.