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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

Pahlawan keturunan wangsa Śini itu menembus Duḥśāsana dengan dua puluh anak panah; lalu sang pemuka Śini melukai Citraseṇa dengan seratus, Duḥsaha dengan sepuluh, dan Duḥśāsana dengan dua puluh panah.

Word by Word

दुःशासनम्Duhshasana (as object)

तुbut/indeed

विंशत्याwith twenty (arrows)

विव्याधpierced/wounded

शिनिपुड्भवःthe one born in the lineage of Śini (i.e., Sātyaki)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duḥśāsana

Śini lineage warrior (Śinipuḍbhavaḥ, commonly Sātyaki)

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 the harsh reality of kṣatriya-duty in war: warriors act with disciplined force in service of their side, yet every such act carries ethical gravity because it occurs within a catastrophic conflict among kin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a Śini-descended hero strikes Duḥśāsana with twenty arrows, indicating a decisive, escalating exchange in the Drona Parva battlefield.