Shloka 186

Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation

Devanagari script

मद्राणामधिपं शूरं शरैर्विव्याध पञ्चभि: । जब धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिर शल्यके बाणोंसे पीड़ित हो गये, तब क्रोधमें भरे हुए सात्यकिने शूरवीर मद्रराजपर पाँच बाणोंका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | madrāṇām adhipaṃ śūraṃ śarair vivyādha pañcabhiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Sātyaki, inflamed with wrath when Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, had been tormented by Śalya’s arrows, struck the heroic lord of the Madrakas with five shafts. The episode underscores how, amid the chaos of war, loyalty to one’s ally and the impulse to protect the righteous can surge into anger, driving swift retaliatory action.

Word by Word

• मद्राणाम्: of the Madras
• मद्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अधिपम्: lord/ruler
• अधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शूरम्: heroic, brave
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Madrakas (Madra people)
• Śalya (Madra-rāja)
• Sātyaki
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• arrows (śara)