Shloka 65

Devanagari script

स त॑ विवर्माणमशथोत्तमेषुभि: शितैश्नतुर्भि: कुपित: पराभिनत्‌ | स विव्यथे>त्यर्थमरिप्रताडितो यथातुर: पित्तकफानिलज्वरै:

Transliteration

sa taṁ vivarmāṇam aśathottameṣubhiḥ śitaiś caturbhiḥ kupitaḥ parābhinat | sa vivyathe ’tyartham aripratāḍito yathāturaḥ pittakaphānilajvaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Murka, ia menghantam lawan yang kini tanpa zirah itu dengan empat anak panah unggul yang setajam silet. Dihajar musuh hingga parah, ia menggeliat menahan nyeri yang amat sangat, laksana orang sakit yang disergap demam akibat empedu, dahak, dan angin (tiga doṣa).

Word by Word

सःhe

तम्him

विवर्माणम्without armor, unarmoured

अशथ-उत्तमैःwith the best unfailing (arrows)

इषुभिःwith arrows

शितैःsharp

नतुभिःwith (iron) shafts/points (reading uncertain)

कुपितःenraged

पराभिनत्struck down / drove back / smote

सःhe

विव्यथेwas pained, reeled

इतिthus

अर्थम्purpose/meaning (here: as if, in effect)

अरि-प्रताडितःstruck by the enemy

यथाas, like

आतुरःafflicted, sick

पित्त-कफ-अनिल-ज्वरैःby fevers of bile, phlegm, and wind

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

an unnamed warrior (the unarmored opponent)

arrows (iṣu)

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 underscores the brutal immediacy of war: once protection is lost, injury follows swiftly, and suffering becomes unavoidable. The Ayurvedic simile (fever from disturbed doṣas) frames battlefield pain as a total bodily crisis, reminding the listener of the grave human cost that accompanies kṣatriya conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya describes a combat moment in which a furious warrior shoots four sharp arrows at an opponent who has become unarmored. The struck fighter is overwhelmed with pain and agitation, compared to a sick man burning with a tri-doṣic fever (pitta, kapha, and vāta).