Shloka 5

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

त॑ दृष्टवा समुपायान्तं रुक्मपुड्खे: शिलाशितै: । दशभ्रि: सात्वतस्यार्थे भीमो विव्याध सायकै:,सोमदत्तको आते देख भीमसेनने सात्यकिकी सहायताके लिये शिलापर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले दस बाणोंद्वारा उन्हें घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

taṁ dṛṣṭvā samupāyāntaṁ rukmapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | daśabhiḥ sātvatasya arthe bhīmo vivyādha sāyakaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing him advancing, Bhīma, for the sake of Sātvata (Sātyaki), struck him with ten arrows—golden-feathered and stone-whetted—thereby checking his assault. The act is framed as protective intervention in battle: Bhīma uses force not for cruelty, but to defend an ally and uphold his side’s immediate duty in war.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• समुपायान्तम्: approaching/coming near
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-या (आयाति/याति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रुक्मपुङ्खैः: with golden-feathered (arrows)
• रुक्मपुङ्खैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्म-पुङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिलाशितैः: sharpened on stone
• शिलाशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिला-आशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सात्वतस्य: of Sātvata (Sātyaki)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थे: for the sake (of)
• अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (वि-व्यध्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Sātvata (Sātyaki)
• arrows (sāyaka)
• golden fletching (rukma-puṅkha)
• whetstone/sharpening on stone (śilā-śita)