Shloka 25

अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle

Devanagari script

अथ सात्यकिरागत्य कर्ण विद्ध्वा शितै: शरै: । नवत्या नवभिश्नोग्रै: शतेन पुनरार्पयत्‌

Transliteration

atha sātyakir āgatya karṇaṃ viddhvā śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | navatyā navabhiś cograir śatena punar ārpayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Sātyaki came forward and, piercing Karṇa with sharp arrows, repaid him again—striking with ninety-nine fierce shafts and then with a full hundred more. The verse underscores the relentless reciprocity of violence in battle, where prowess is measured by endurance and counterstroke rather than restraint.

Word by Word

अथthen

सात्यकिःSātyaki

आगत्यhaving come

कर्णम्Karna

विद्ध्वाhaving pierced

शितैःsharp

शरैःwith arrows

नवत्याwith ninety

नवभिःwith nine

नुindeed/then (emphatic particle)

उग्रैःfierce

शतेनwith a hundred

पुनःagain

अर्पयत्he hurled/shot (lit. offered/applied)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

सात्यकि (Sātyaki)

क

कर्ण (Karṇa)

श

शर (arrows)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes