Shloka 38

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

Devanagari script

सुवर्णपुडुखं विशिखं समाधाय च सात्यकि:

Transliteration

suvarṇapuḍukhaṁ viśikhaṁ samādhāya ca sātyakiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Sātyaki, fitting to his bow a golden-feathered arrow, prepared himself to strike—an image of resolute warrior-duty amid the moral weight of the battlefield.

Word by Word

• सुवर्णपुडुखम्: golden quiver
• सुवर्णपुडुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णपुडुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विशिखम्: arrow
• विशिखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समाधाय: having fixed/placed (having fitted/put on)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• viśikha (arrow)