Mahabharata 7.118.12 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 118, Shloka 12
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
सात्यकि: कुरुराजेन निर्विद्धों बह्मशो भत । अस्रवद् रुधिरं भूरि स्वरसं चन्दनो यथा
Sañjaya uvāca — Sātyakiḥ Kururājena nirviddho bahuśo bhṛśam | asravad rudhiraṃ bhūri svarasaṃ candano yathā ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—কুৰুৰাজৰ বাণে বাৰে বাৰে ভীষণভাৱে বিদ্ধ হৈ সাত্যকিয়ে অতি প্ৰচুৰ ৰক্ত ঢালিবলৈ ধৰিলে। তথাপি ৰক্ত ঝৰাৰ মাজতো তেওঁ ৰক্তচন্দন গছৰ দৰে—যেন স্বাভাৱিক ৰক্তিম ৰস নিঃসৃত হৈছে—আৰু অধিক দীপ্তিমান দেখা দিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfastness under suffering: even when wounded and bleeding, a warrior committed to duty can retain dignity and radiance. It also uses a moral-aesthetic lens—pain is not glorified for cruelty, but portrayed as endurance within the grave responsibilities of war.
Sañjaya narrates that Sātyaki is struck many times by the Kuru king Duryodhana’s arrows and bleeds profusely. Despite the wounds, Sātyaki appears striking and radiant, compared to a red sandalwood tree oozing its natural sap.
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