Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्य जिष्णुरुपावृत्य पृथुधारेण कार्मुकम्‌ | चकर्त गार्ध्रपत्रेण जातरूपपरिष्कृतम्‌,तब अर्जुन उसकी ओर मुड़े और मोटी धार और गीधकी पाँख-जैसे पंखवाले बाणसे उन्होंने दुःशासनके सुवर्णजटित धनुषको काट डाला

Transliteration

tasya jiṣṇur upāvṛtya pṛthudhāreṇa kārmukam | cakarta gārdhrapatreṇa jātarūpa-pariṣkṛtam ||

Translation

毗湿摩波罗衍那说：吉什努（阿周那）转身对向他，以一支阔刃之箭、羽翎如鹫翼，斩断了那张镶饰黄金的弓。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (of Duhshasana)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• जिष्णुः: Jishnu (Arjuna)
• जिष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपावृत्य: having turned towards/approached
• उपावृत्य: Kriya (Purvakala)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-वृत्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• पृथु-धारेण: with a broad-edged (arrow/weapon)
• पृथु-धारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथु-धार
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चकर्त: cut/broke
• चकर्त: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गार्ध्र-पत्रेण: with (an arrow) having vulture-feather (fletching)
• गार्ध्र-पत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्ध्र-पत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• जातरूप-परिष्कृतम्: adorned/ornamented with gold
• जातरूप-परिष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातरूप-परिष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna (Jiṣṇu)
• bow (kārmuka)
• gold (jātarūpa)
• vulture-feathered arrow (gārdhrapatra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid violence, dharmic action favors measured force: Arjuna disables the instrument of harm (the bow) with precision, illustrating restraint, proportional response, and mastery over anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Virāṭa Parva battle episode, Arjuna turns to face his opponent and, with a broad-edged, vulture-feathered arrow, cuts the gold-adorned bow, thereby neutralizing the enemy’s fighting capacity.