Shloka 22

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

Devanagari script

हत्वा तु चतुरो वाहांश्षतुर्भिनिशितै: शरै: । सारथिं पातयामास क्षुरप्रेण महायशा:,फिर चार तीखे बाणोंसे उसके चारों घोड़ोंको मारकर महायशस्वी सात्यकिने क्षुरप्रद्वारा उसके सारथिको भी मार गिराया

Transliteration

hatvā tu caturo vāhāṁś caturbhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | sārathiṁ pātayāmāsa kṣurapreṇa mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having slain the four horses with four keen arrows, the greatly renowned warrior then struck down the charioteer as well with a razor-edged shaft—thus decisively crippling the enemy’s chariot by the harsh necessity of war.

Word by Word

हत्वाhaving slain

तुbut/indeed

चतुरःfour

वाहान्horses/steeds

चतुर्भिःwith four

निशितैःsharp

शरैःwith arrows

सारथिम्charioteer

पातयामासcaused to fall; felled

क्षुरप्रेणwith a razor-headed (arrow)

महायशाःthe greatly renowned (one)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

chariot horses (vāhāḥ)

charioteer (sārathi)

arrows (śarāḥ)

razor-edged arrow (kṣurapra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes