Shloka 40

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

सत्येषुमथ चादत्त योधानां मिषतां तत:

Transliteration

satyeṣum atha cādatta yodhānāṃ miṣatāṃ tataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, as the warriors looked on, he swiftly took up his true-aiming arrows—an act that signals resolute intent and disciplined skill amid the moral gravity of battle.

Word by Word

• सत्येषु: on/among the true (ones)
• सत्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• मथ: then/and then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

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

• आदत्त: took/received/seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• योधानाम्: of the warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मिषताम्: of those looking on
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिष्
• Form: Present active participle (Shatru), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• arrows (iṣu)