ततः सुशर्मा दशभिः सुरथश् च किरीटिनम् ॥
सुधर्मा सुधनुश् चैव सुबाहुश् च समर्पयन् ॥
तांस् तु सर्वान् पृथग् बाणैर् वानरप्रवरध्वजः ॥
प्रत्यविध्यद् ध्वजांश् चैषां भल्लैश् चिच्छेद काञ्चनान् ॥
सुधन्वनो धनुश् छित्त्वा हयान् वै न्यवधीच् छरैः ॥
अथास्य सशिरस्त्राणं शिरः कायाद् अपाहरत् ॥
tataḥ suśarmā daśabhiḥ surathaś ca kirīṭinam ||
sudharmā sudhanuś caiva subāhuś ca samarpayan ||
tāṃs tu sarvān pṛthag bāṇair vānarapravaradhvajaḥ ||
pratyavidhyad dhvajāṃś caiṣāṃ bhallaiś ciccheda kāñcanān ||
sudhanvano dhanuś chittvā hayān vai nyavadhīc charaiḥ ||
athāsya saśirastrāṇaṃ śiraḥ kāyād apāharat ||
Then Susharman with ten [arrows], and Suratha, and Sudharman, and Sudhanvan, as well as Subahu, assailed the Diademed One accurately. But he whose banner bears the lord of monkeys struck them all back, one by one, with arrows, and with bhalla-arrows sliced away their gilded banners. Having severed Sudhanvan's bow, he slew his horses with arrows; then he struck off his head, helmet and all, from his trunk.
96cfee9dd2e8 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:00:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Five men strike at Arjuna at once — and he answers each one separately, without blending them into a single undifferentiated target: even amid the whirlwind of battle his action is precise and discriminating. First the banners fall — the marks of pride and name; then the bow, then the horses, and finally the very head of Sudhanvan. Thus everything that sustained the warrior is stripped away in sequence: first glory, then strength, then life. It is telling that Arjuna does not rush toward killing but disarms in order, and only once resistance is exhausted does he deliver the final blow. The verse teaches that true mastery is not blind in its fury but discerning and measured; and that everything a mortal man prides himself on — name, weapon, support — proves removable, while only the spirit goes on beyond the limit.