Shloka 11

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: समरे पार्थनामाड्कितै: शरै:

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ samare pārthanāmāṅkitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

三阇耶说道：在鏖战之中，他们正被刻有“帕尔塔”之名的箭矢射倒——这些飞矢宣示其所出，使杀戮的来源昭然无疑。此句凸显战争中责任的冷酷明晰：行事并非无名，战士的能动与担当，公开铭刻在他的兵器之上。

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain / being struck down
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present passive participle (शानच्), passive sense

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पार्थनाम्: of the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थनाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आड्कितैः: marked/engraved; (here) well-aimed/characterized
• आड्कितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आड्कित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), adjectival

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid mass violence, action is owned: the arrows bear the warrior’s name, symbolizing clear agency and responsibility. The verse hints that dharma in war includes accountability—one cannot hide behind the chaos of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes combatants being cut down in the battlefield by arrows identified as Pārtha’s, emphasizing the intensity of the fighting and the recognizable prowess of the archer whose missiles are striking them.