Shloka 44

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

।। वरुणस्यात्मजो वीर: स तु राजा श्रुतायुध:

Transliteration

varuṇasyātmajo vīraḥ sa tu rājā śrutāyudhaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Jener heldenhafte König Śrutāyudha—aus Varuṇa geboren—trat hervor, gezeichnet von göttlicher Abstammung und königlicher Tapferkeit mitten im Krieg.

Word by Word

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरुणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आत्मजः: son
• आत्मजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीरः: hero, brave man
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुतायुधः: Śrutāyudha (name of a king/warrior)
• श्रुतायुधः: Karta
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: श्रुतायुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Varuṇa
• King Śrutāyudha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds how lineage and status (a king, born of a deity) do not remove one from the ethical weight of warfare; it frames valor within the larger dharmic tension of the battlefield narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya identifies and introduces the warrior-king Śrutāyudha, describing him as the heroic son of Varuṇa, as part of the ongoing cataloging of combatants and their roles in the battle.