Shloka 8
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
दुर्मर्षणं द्वादशभिरष्टाभिश्न विविंशतिम् । सत्यव्रतं च नवभिर्विजयं दशभि: शरै:,उन्होंने द्रोणाचार्यको तीन, दुःसहको नौ, विकर्णको पचीस, चित्रसेनको सात, दुर्मीषणको बारह, विविंशतिको आठ, सत्यव्रतको नौ तथा विजयको दस बाणोंसे घायल किया
sañjaya uvāca | durmarṣaṇaṃ dvādaśabhir aṣṭābhiś ca viviṃśatim | satyavrataṃ ca navabhir vijayaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
サンジャヤは言った。「彼はドゥルマルシャナを十二矢で、ヴィヴィンシャティを八矢で、サティヤヴラタを九矢で、ヴィジャヤを十矢で射て傷つけた。」陰鬱な戦の圧迫の中、数を量った斉射が名指しの敵を一人また一人と選び出し、戦の「ダルマ」が規律ある暴力と、損傷を執拗に数え上げる営みへと狭まってゆくさまを示している。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s stark wartime ethic: prowess is expressed as controlled, deliberate action, yet the moral cost is implicit—dharma in battle becomes a duty-bound precision that still results in suffering for named individuals.
Sañjaya reports a sequence of battlefield strikes in which a warrior wounds specific opponents—Durmarṣaṇa, Viviṃśati, Satyavrata, and Vijaya—each with a stated number of arrows, emphasizing the intensity and methodical nature of the combat.