Shloka 51

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनस्तु विंशत्या कृप: शारद्वतस्त्रिभि: । कृतवर्माथ दशभि: कर्ण: पञ्चाशता शरै:,दुर्योधनने बीस, शरद्वानके पुत्र कृपाचार्यने तीन, कृतवर्माने दस, कर्णने पचास, दुःशासनने सौ तथा वृषसेनने सात पैने बाणोंद्वारा शीघ्र ही सब ओरसे सात्यकिको घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

duryodhanas tu viṁśatyā kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tribhiḥ |

kṛtavarmātha daśabhiḥ karṇaḥ pañcāśatā śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Duryodhana struck (Sātyaki) with twenty arrows; Kṛpa, the son of Śaradvat, with three; Kṛtavarman with ten; and Karṇa with fifty shafts. Thus, assailed from every side by these foremost warriors, Sātyaki was swiftly wounded—an image of the war’s relentless pressure, where valor is tested amid coordinated aggression rather than single combat alone.

Word by Word

दुर्योधनःDuryodhana

तुbut/indeed

विंशत्याwith twenty (arrows)

कृपःKripa

शारद्वतःthe son of Śaradvat (i.e., Kripa)

त्रिभिःwith three (arrows)

कृतवर्माKritavarman

अथthen/and

दशभिःwith ten (arrows)

कर्णःKarna

पञ्चाशताwith fifty (arrows)

शरैःwith arrows

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

Kṛpa (Śāradvata)

Kṛtavarman

Karṇa

śara (arrows)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes