Shloka 7

Devanagari script

आत्तायुथ: सुसंक़्रुद्धों युयुधानो महारथ: । नकुल: सहदेवश्न चिच्छिदुर्निशितै: शरै:,अलायुधके सैनिक राक्षस देखनेमें बड़े भयंकर और शूरवीर थे। वे हाथमें धनुष लेकर बड़े वेगसे आक्रमण करते थे। परंतु अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंसे सुसज्जित हो अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए महारथी युयुधान, नकुल और सहदेवने उन सबको अपने पैने बाणोंसे काट डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | āttāyudhaḥ susaṅkruddho yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca cicchidur niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Dengan senjata terangkat dan amarah menyala, mahāratha Yuyudhāna bersama Nakula dan Sahadeva menebas mereka dengan panah-panah yang tajam.

Word by Word

आत्तायुधाःthose who had taken up weapons (armed)

सुसंक्रुद्धाःhighly enraged

युयुधानःYuyudhāna (Sātyaki)

महारथःgreat chariot-warrior

नकुलःNakula

सहदेवःSahadeva

चand

चिच्छिदुःthey cut down / they pierced and severed

निशितैःwith sharp

शरैःarrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)

Nakula

Sahadeva

arrows (śara)

weapons (āyudha)

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 Kṣatriya ethos in wartime: when confronted by armed and fearsome attackers, trained warriors respond with decisive, skillful force. Ethically, it reflects the grim necessity of action within battle, where courage and competence are demanded even as violence carries moral weight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), along with Nakula and Sahadeva, in great anger and fully armed, strike down the opposing fighters using sharp arrows, halting their assault.