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Shloka 35

Śalya–Bhīma Gadāyuddham (मद्रराज-भीमसेन गदायुद्धम्)

सात्यकि: कृतवर्माणं नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे । विद्ध्वा विव्याध सप्तत्या पुनरन्यै: स्मयन्निव,सात्यकिने मुसकराते हुए-से एक नाराचद्वारा कृतवर्माकी छातीमें चोट की और पुनः अन्य सत्तर बाणोंद्वारा उसे क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया

satyaki ktavarm1anar1cena stan1ntare | viddhv1 vivy1dha saptaty1 punar anyai smayann iva ||

قال سنجيا: إنَّ ساتيَكي، بعدما أصاب كِرِتَفَرْمَن في موضع الصدر بسهمٍ حادٍّ من نوع «ناراجا»، عاد—كأنما يبتسم—فضربه بسبعين سهمًا أخرى، يمزّقه ويزيده جراحًا على جراح.

सात्यकिःSatyaki
सात्यकिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसात्यकि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतवर्माणम्Kritavarman
कृतवर्माणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृतवर्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नाराचेनwith a barbed arrow (nārāca)
नाराचेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनाराच
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
स्तनान्तरेin the chest / between the breasts
स्तनान्तरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्तन-अन्तर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
विद्ध्वाhaving pierced
विद्ध्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
विव्याधpierced / struck
विव्याध:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सप्तत्याwith seventy (arrows)
सप्तत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
अन्यैःwith other (arrows)
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
स्मयन्smiling
स्मयन्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मि
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
S
Satyaki
K
Kritavarman
N
nar1ca (arrow)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how warfare can turn skill and duty into relentless harm: even when framed as kshatriya-duty, the imagery of repeated wounding 'as if smiling' invites reflection on the moral hardening that battle can produce and the ethical cost carried by warriors.

Sanjaya reports that Satyaki strikes Kritavarman in the chest with a heavy naracha-arrow and then follows up by shooting him with seventy additional arrows, intensifying the assault and leaving Kritavarman badly wounded.