Shloka 3736

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

दुःशासन तु विंशत्या विव्याध शिनिपुड्भव: । फिर शिनिवंशके प्रमुख वीरने चित्रसेनको सौ, दुःसहको दस और दुःशासनको बीस बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

duḥśāsanaṃ tu viṃśatyā vivyādha śinipuḍbhavaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The hero born in the Śini line pierced Duḥśāsana with twenty arrows. Then that foremost warrior of the Śinis wounded Citraseṇa with a hundred, Duḥsaha with ten, and Duḥśāsana with twenty shafts. The scene underscores the battle’s relentless escalation, where prowess is measured in precise, overwhelming strikes, and the warriors’ choices remain bound to their loyalties under the moral weight of fratricidal war.

Word by Word

• दुःशासनम्: Duhshasana (as object)
• दुःशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विंशत्या: with twenty (arrows)
• विंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिनिपुड्भवः: the one born in the lineage of Śini (i.e., Sātyaki)
• शिनिपुड्भवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिनिपुड्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Śini lineage warrior (Śinipuḍbhavaḥ, commonly Sātyaki)