Shloka 9

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

ततः क्रुद्धो महेष्वासो भूय एव महाबल: । सात्वतं पीडयामास शरेणानतपर्वणा,तदनन्तर महाथनुर्धर महाबली द्रोणने पुनः कुपित होकर झुकी हुई गाँठवाले एक बाणद्वारा सात्यकिको गहरी चोट पहुँचायी

Transliteration

tataḥ kruddho maheṣvāso bhūya eva mahābalaḥ | sātvataṁ pīḍayāmāsa śareṇānataparvaṇā ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「そののち、怒りを再び燃え上がらせた大弓の勇士、強大なる者は、サートヴァタの戦士（サーティヤキ）をいよいよ圧し、節の曲がった矢で射抜いた。」

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

क्रुद्धःangry

महेष्वासःgreat archer (lit. having great bow)

भूयःagain, further, more

एवindeed, just

महाबलःvery strong, mighty

सात्वतम्the Sātvata (Sātyaki)

पीडयामासtormented, afflicted, struck hard

शरेणwith an arrow

आनतपर्वणाwith (an arrow) having bent/curved joints (nodes)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātvata (Sātyaki)

Arrow (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) in warfare tends to escalate harm: once wrath takes hold, a warrior renews his assault with greater intensity. Ethically, it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring warning that uncontrolled passion clouds judgment and multiplies suffering, even within the framework of kṣatriya combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that a powerful archer, angered again, strikes and severely pressures Sātyaki (called ‘Sātvata’) with a specially described arrow (ānata-parvaṇa), indicating a renewed and intensified exchange in the battlefield duel.