महाभारत · 1.218.7–8
॥
देवनागरी
तस्य पूर्वं शिरो ग्रस्तं पुच्छम् अस्य निगीर्यते ॥
ऊर्ध्वम् आचक्रमे सा तु पन्नगी पुत्रगृद्धिनी ॥
तस्यास् तीक्ष्णेन भल्लेन पृथुधारेण पाण्डवः ॥
शिरश् चिच्छेद गच्छन्त्यास् ताम् अपश्यत् सुरेश्वरः ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
tasya pūrvaṃ śiro grastaṃ puccham asya nigīryate ||
ūrdhvam ācakrame sā tu pannagī putragṛddhinī ||
tasyās tīkṣṇena bhallena pṛthudhāreṇa pāṇḍavaḥ ||
śiraś ciccheda gacchantyās tām apaśyat sureśvaraḥ ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
तस्य पूर्वं शिरः ग्रस्तं पुच्Cहम् अस्य निगीर्यतेtasya pūrvaṃ śiraḥ grastaṃ pucCham asya nigīryatefirst his head is swallowed, [then] his tail is swallowed;
ऊर्ध्वम् आचक्रमे सा तु पन्नगी पुत्रगृद्धिनीūrdhvam ācakrame sā tu pannagī putragṛddhinī[and] that serpent, longing [to save] her son, soared upward;
तस्याः तीक्ष्णेन भल्लेन पृथुधारेण पाण्डवःtasyāḥ tīkṣṇena bhallena pṛthudhāreṇa pāṇḍavaḥwith a sharp bhalla [arrow] of broad blade the Pandava
शिरः चिच्छेद गच्छन्त्याः ताम् अपश्यत् सुरेश्वरःśiraḥ ciccheda gacchantyāḥ tām apaśyat sureśvaraḥcut off her head as she was departing; the lord of the gods beheld her [deed];
शिरोśirooriginal form "śiro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तस्यास्tasyāsoriginal form "tasyās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शिरश्śiraśoriginal form "śiraś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गच्छन्त्यास्gacchantyāsoriginal form "gacchantyās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"First his head is swallowed, then his tail is swallowed; and that serpent, longing to save her son, soared upward; with a sharp bhalla of broad blade the Pandava cut off her head as she was departing; the lord of the gods beheld her deed."
संस्करण
090c930b57a3 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 6:11:48 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the mother too perishes in her effort to save her son. It is significant that Arjuna strikes down the serpent-mother: this is a fearsome and sorrowful moment, where love does not turn aside death. Thus is disclosed the severity of destruction permitted from above, which spares not even those who love. Thus the scripture reveals the mother's death; and Indra, having witnessed it, will intercede for his grandson [Ashvasena].