Shloka 18
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
शैनेयस्तु रणे क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्र महारथम् । सायकानामशीत्या तु विव्याधोरसि भारत
śaineyas tu raṇe kruddhas tava putra-mahāratham | sāyakānām aśītyā tu vivyādhorasi bhārata ||
Śaineya, murka di medan laga, menghujam putramu—sang mahāratha—dengan delapan puluh anak panah, menembus dadanya, wahai Bhārata.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies destruction in war: martial excellence becomes a vehicle for harm when driven by wrath. It also reflects the epic’s ethical tension—kṣatriya valor and duty operate within a battlefield where moral order is strained.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Śaineya (Sātyaki), furious in combat, shoots Duryodhana (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son) with eighty arrows, striking him in the chest—an image of overwhelming assault and battlefield dominance.