Shloka 3736

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

दुःशासन तु विंशत्या विव्याध शिनिपुड्भव: । फिर शिनिवंशके प्रमुख वीरने चित्रसेनको सौ, दुःसहको दस और दुःशासनको बीस बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

duḥśāsanaṃ tu viṃśatyā vivyādha śinipuḍbhavaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Der Held aus dem Geschlecht der Śini durchbohrte Duḥśāsana mit zwanzig Pfeilen. Dann verwundete dieser führende Krieger der Śini Citraseṇa mit hundert, Duḥsaha mit zehn und Duḥśāsana mit zwanzig Pfeilen. Die Szene betont die unerbittliche Steigerung der Schlacht: Tüchtigkeit wird an präzisen, überwältigenden Treffern gemessen, während die Entscheidungen der Kämpfer unter der moralischen Last eines brudermörderischen Krieges an ihre Loyalitäten gekettet bleiben.

Word by Word

• दुःशासनम्: Duhshasana (as object)
• दुःशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• विंशत्या: with twenty (arrows)
• विंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिनिपुड्भवः: the one born in the lineage of Śini (i.e., Sātyaki)
• शिनिपुड्भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिनिपुड्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Śini lineage warrior (Śinipuḍbhavaḥ, commonly Sātyaki)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh reality of kṣatriya-duty in war: warriors act with disciplined force in service of their side, yet every such act carries ethical gravity because it occurs within a catastrophic conflict among kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Śini-descended hero strikes Duḥśāsana with twenty arrows, indicating a decisive, escalating exchange in the Drona Parva battlefield.