Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 14

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्लैव राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजशक्ष॒ पठचभि:

Transliteration

satyakib blaiva r1j1na bare1nataparva1 |

draupadey1s trisaptaty1 dharmar1jab baka1 pacabbhi ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: “Sātyaki hirió al rey con una flecha de juntas melladas y feroz. Los hijos de Draupadī, que eran setenta, y también Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), con cinco compañeros, apremiaron el ataque de manera concertada.”

Word by Word

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरेण: with an arrow
• शरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनतपर्वणा: having unbent joints (i.e., straight-jointed)
• अनतपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रौपदेयाः: the sons of Draupadī
• द्रौपदेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिसप्तत्या: with seventy-three (arrows)
• त्रिसप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्ष॒: was able/could (uncertain reading)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Unclear (corrupt/uncertain reading), Unclear, Unclear

• पठचभिः: with ... (corrupt/uncertain word; likely 'पञ्चभिः' = with five)
• पठचभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पठच (uncertain)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• S1tyaki
• the king (r1j1)
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupad
  2b)
• Dharmar1ja (Yudhihira)
• arrow (bara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim ethical reality of dharma in wartime: even those aligned with righteousness must act decisively within the obligations of alliance and protection, and battle becomes a collective enterprise where duty is carried out through coordinated force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that S1tyaki wounds a king with a powerful arrow, while the Draupadeyas (Draupad
2bs sons) and Dharmar1ja (Yudhihira), together with five others, advance in a concerted attack amid the ongoing fighting in the aalyaparvan.