Shloka 77

Devanagari script

वीरबाहुश् ते पुत्रो वैराटिं रथसत्तमम्‌ | उत्तरं योधयामास विव्याध निशितै: शरै:

Transliteration

vīrabāhuś te putro vairāṭiṁ rathasattamam | uttaraṁ yodhayāmāsa vivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: Tu hijo Vīrabāhu se enfrentó a Uttara—excelso guerrero de carro de la estirpe de Virāṭa—y lo hirió con flechas agudas.

Word by Word

• वीरबाहुः: Vīrabāhu (the hero-armed one; proper name)
• वीरबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैराटिम्: the son of Virāṭa (Vairāṭi)
• वैराटिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराटि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथसत्तमम्: the best of chariot-warriors
• रथसत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तरम्: Uttara (proper name)
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• योधयामास: made (him) fight / engaged (him) in battle
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

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

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vīrabāhu
• Uttara
• Virāṭa (lineage reference)
• ratha (chariot)
• śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when warfare follows the kṣatriya code of courage and skill, it carries ethical gravity: individual feats of valor occur within a wider conflict whose consequences extend beyond personal glory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son Vīrabāhu confronted Uttara, the Virāṭa prince renowned as a chariot-fighter, and wounded him with sharp arrows.