Shloka 56

Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

शरार्दित: सात्वतेन मर्दमान: स्ववाहिनीम्‌

Transliteration

śarārditaḥ sātvatena mardamānaḥ svavāhinīm

Translation

Sañjaya said: Pierced by the Sātvata warrior’s arrows, he—though being crushed and overpowered—still pressed on amid his own host. It shows how, in battle’s fury, even the wounded may cling to resolve and dharma-bound duty, while the surrounding army is both shield and burden.

Word by Word

• शरार्दितः: pierced/afflicted by arrows
• शरार्दितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरार्दित (शर + अर्दित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सात्वतेन: by the Sātvata (Krishna/Vrishni hero)
• सात्वतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मर्दमानः: crushing/pressing down
• मर्दमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृद् (मर्द्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्ववाहिनीम्: his own army
• स्ववाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्ववाहिनी (स्व + वाहिनी)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātvata (Vr̥ṣṇi/Yādava warrior; likely Sātyaki in context)
• arrows
• army (svavāhinī)