Shloka 523

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

दशभिर्विशिखैस्ती #णैरभिक्रुद्धः स्तनान्तरे । नरेश्वर! इसके बाद क्रोधमें भरे हुए कृतवर्माने सत्यपराक्रमी सात्यकिकी छातीमें पुनः दस पैने बाणोंद्वारा गहरा आघात किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | daśabhir viśikhaiḥ tīkṣṇair abhikruddhaḥ stanāntare | nareśvara! tataḥ krodhabhareṇa kṛtavarmā satyaparākramaṃ sātyakiṃ punaḥ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ urasi gāḍham ājaghāna ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, then Kṛtavarmā, inflamed with anger, struck the truly valiant Sātyaki once again, driving ten sharp arrows deep into his chest.

Word by Word

दशभिःwith ten

विशिखैःarrows

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

अभिक्रुद्धःenraged

स्तनान्तरेin the chest/breast-region

नरेश्वरO king (lord of men)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (addressed as Nareśvara)

Kṛtavarmā

Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)

arrows (viśikha/śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies violence: even after an exchange of blows, wrath drives a warrior to strike again with greater force. Ethically, it points to the destructive momentum of rage in war, where valor becomes entangled with retaliation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that Kṛtavarmā, furious, shoots Sātyaki again, landing ten sharp arrows deep in his chest—depicting a fierce moment in the ongoing combat.