Shloka 48

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

तस्य पार्थो महाराज नाराचान्‌ वै चतुर्दश

Transliteration

tasya pārtho mahārāja nārācān vai caturdaśa

Translation

桑阇耶说道：大王啊，随即帕尔萨（阿周那）向他连发十四支那罗迦箭——在战争阴沉的职责之中，这是迅疾而严整的武者回应。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• पार्थः: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• नाराचान्: iron arrows
• नाराचान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural (numeral used indeclinably with counted noun)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• nārāca arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in practice: measured, skillful action in battle, carried out decisively without hesitation, reflecting disciplined duty amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna (Pārtha) shoots fourteen powerful nārāca arrows at his opponent, marking an intense exchange in the Shalya Parva battle sequence.