Shloka 4
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
दुर्मुखो दशभिर्बाणैस्तथा दुःशासनोडष्टभि: । चित्रसेनश्न शैनेयं द्वाभ्यां विव्याध मारिष,आर्य! तदनन्तर दुर्मुखने दस, दुःशासनने आठ और चित्रसेनने दो बाणोंसे सात्यकिको घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | durmukho daśabhir bāṇais tathā duḥśāsano 'ṣṭabhiḥ | citrasenaś ca śaineyaṃ dvābhyāṃ vivyādha māriṣa ||
قال سانجيا: أصاب دورموخا شاينيَة (ساتياكي) بعشرة أسهم؛ وأصابه دوحشاسانا كذلك بثمانية؛ وطعنه تشيتراسينا بسهمين.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield reality that collective aggression can be used to restrain a powerful warrior; ethically, it underscores how war often replaces dialogue and restraint with coordinated violence, testing the limits of kṣatriya duty and self-control.
Sañjaya reports that three Kaurava fighters—Durmukha, Duḥśāsana, and Citrasena—shoot Sātyaki (Śaineya) with a total of twenty arrows (10+8+2), wounding him as part of an effort to halt or weaken him in the ongoing battle.