Shloka 39
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
सो<विध्यत् कृतवर्माणं यमदण्डोपम: शर:,सात्यकिका वह बाण यमदण्डके समान भयंकर था। उसने कृतवमकिे सुवर्णजटित चमकीले कवचको छित्न-भिन्न करके उसे गहरी चोट पहुँचायी तथा खूनसे लथपथ होकर वह धरतीमें समा गया
sa vidhyat kṛtavarmāṇaṃ yamadaṇḍopamaḥ śaraḥ | sātyakikāḥ sa bāṇo yamadaṇḍaka-samo bhayaṅkaraḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。「閻魔の刑杖にも似た恐るべき矢が、クリタヴァルマーを射貫いた。サーティヤキのその矢は、金を嵌め込んで輝く鎧を裂き、深い傷を負わせ、血に濡れて地へ落ち、土中へと沈んだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inexorability of death in war: even splendid armour and martial skill cannot ultimately shield one from the consequences of violent conflict, symbolized by the arrow likened to Yama’s punitive rod.
During the fighting in Droṇa Parva, Sātyaki shoots a fearsome arrow that pierces Kṛtavarmā’s gold-inlaid armour, gives him a deep wound, and the blood-smeared missile then falls and sinks into the ground.