Shloka 6

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

बाणभूतामपश्याम पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते । दुर्योधनेन प्रकृतां क्षिप्रहस्तेन धन्विना,पृथ्वीपते! हमने देखा कि शीघ्रतापूर्वक हाथ चलानेवाले धनुर्धर वीर दुर्योधनने सारी रणभूमिको बाणमयी कर दिया है

Transliteration

bāṇabhūtām apaśyāma pṛthivīṁ pṛthivīpate | duryodhanena prakṛtāṁ kṣiprahastena dhanvinā ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：大王啊，我们看见大地——确乎整个战场——被都利约陀那这位出手如电的弓手所造作，化作一片密密麻麻的箭林。

Word by Word

• बाणभूताम्: having become (as if) arrows; arrow-made
• बाणभूताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणभूत (बाण + भूत)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्याम: we saw
• अपश्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Plural

• पृथिवीम्: the earth / the battlefield (ground)
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिवीपते: O lord of the earth (king)!
• पृथिवीपते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति (पृथिवी + पति)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्योधनेन: by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रकृताम्: made; rendered
• प्रकृताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकृत (प्र + कृ)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षिप्रहस्तेन: with swift hand; quick-handed
• क्षिप्रहस्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप्रहस्त (क्षिप्र + हस्त)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धन्विना: by the archer
• धन्विना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (pṛthivīpati)
• Duryodhana
• bāṇa (arrows)
• pṛthivī (earth/battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how extraordinary skill in war can magnify destruction when driven by unchecked ambition and hostility; prowess itself is ethically neutral, but its use shapes the moral weight of the act and the suffering it causes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, shooting with great speed, has so covered the battlefield with arrows that the very earth appears ‘made of arrows’—a vivid image of the intensity of combat.