Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स पार्थ त्रिभिरानर्छत्‌ सप्तत्या च जनार्दनम्‌

Transliteration

sa pārtha tribhir ānarcat saptatyā ca janārdanam

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Er traf Pārtha (Arjuna) mit drei Pfeilen und Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) mit siebzig. Das unterstreicht die gnadenlose Arithmetik der Schlacht, in der Tüchtigkeit nach zugefügten Wunden bemessen wird, nicht nach Gerechtigkeit; doch Kṛṣṇas Gegenwart an Arjunas Seite hält den moralischen Horizont des Krieges im Blick.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थम्: Arjuna (son of Pṛthā)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three (arrows)
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आनर्छत्: struck/attacked; reached (upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (आ-ऋच्छ्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• सप्तत्या: with seventy (arrows)
• सप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: सप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim moral tension of dharma-yuddha: martial skill and duty operate within a violent arena, yet the proximity of Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) to Arjuna keeps the ethical dimension—right conduct, purpose, and restraint—present even amid escalating force.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, an unnamed warrior attacks: Arjuna is pierced with three arrows, while Kṛṣṇa (as Arjuna’s charioteer) is targeted with seventy, indicating an intense assault aimed at both the fighter and the guiding presence beside him.