सैन्धवः क्षत्रधर्माणम् आपतन्तं शरौघिणम् ॥
उग्रधन्वा महेष्वासं यत्तो द्रोणाद् अवारयत् ॥
क्षत्रधर्मा सिन्धुपतेश् छित्त्वा केतनकार्मुके ॥
नाराचैर् बहुभिः क्रुद्धः सर्वमर्मस्व् अताडयत् ॥
अथान्यद् धनुर् आदाय सैन्धवः कृतहस्तवत् ॥
विव्याध क्षत्रधर्माणं रणे सर्वायसैः शरैः ॥
saindhavaḥ kṣatradharmāṇam āpatantaṃ śaraughiṇam ||
ugradhanvā maheṣvāsaṃ yatto droṇād avārayat ||
kṣatradharmā sindhupateś chittvā ketanakārmuke ||
nārācair bahubhiḥ kruddhaḥ sarvamarmasv atāḍayat ||
athānyad dhanur ādāya saindhavaḥ kṛtahastavat ||
vivyādha kṣatradharmāṇaṃ raṇe sarvāyasaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
The man of Sindhu, a fierce archer, having made ready, turned aside from Drona that great archer Kshatradharman, who was advancing amid streams of arrows. Kshatradharman, having severed the banner and bow of the lord of Sindhu, in rage struck him with many naracha-arrows into all the vital points. Then the man of Sindhu, having seized another bow, with a skilled hand wounded Kshatradharman in battle with all-iron arrows.
88b6066f0247 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:11:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Jayadratha, lord of Sindhu, having lost his bow and banner, does not retreat but skillfully takes up another and fights on -- a persistence that does not yield at the first loss. His opponent's name, Kshatradharman, "the duty of a kshatriya": the very clash seems to show that the valor of duty-bound warriorhood meets stubborn resistance. It is telling that the fight strikes "all the vital points" -- to the death, without half-measures. This teaches that a warrior is known by how quickly he recovers from loss; that the loss of a weapon is no defeat for a skilled hand; and that in honest battle each fights to the full measure of his skill, neither giving nor asking quarter, for such is the harsh dharma of war.