Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मद्रराजस्तत: क्रुद्ध: सात्यकिं नवभि: शरै: । विव्याध भूय: सप्तत्या शराणां नतपर्वणाम्‌,तब कुपित हुए मद्रराज शल्यने सात्यकिको झुकी हुई गाँठवाले नौ बाणोंसे घायल करके फिर सत्तर बाणोंद्वारा क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया

Transliteration

madrarājas tataḥ kruddhaḥ sātyakiṁ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyādha bhūyaḥ saptatyā śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: Entonces el rey de Madra, Śalya, encendido de ira, atravesó a Sātyaki con nueve flechas de nudos curvados; y de nuevo lo desgarró aún más con setenta flechas.

Word by Word

मद्रराजःthe king of Madra (Shalya)

ततःthen, thereafter

क्रुद्धःangry

सात्यकिम्Satyaki

नवभिःwith nine

शरैःwith arrows

विव्याधpierced, wounded

भूयःagain, further

सप्तत्याwith seventy

शराणाम्of arrows

नतपर्वणाम्having bent joints/knots (i.e., barbed/with curved nodes)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śalya (Madrarāja, king of Madra)

Sātyaki

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) fuels escalation in conflict: once wrath takes hold, the impulse is to intensify harm rather than seek restraint, illustrating a moral warning embedded within the war narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Śalya, the king of Madra, becomes enraged and strikes Sātyaki first with nine arrows and then with seventy more, severely wounding him in the ongoing battle.