Shloka 343

Devanagari script

शरैश्वावाकिरद्‌ राजन्‌ शैनेयं तनयस्तव । राजन्‌! सामने आते हुए उन महाबाहु सात्यकिको आपके पुत्रने रोका और उन्हें बाणोंसे ढक दिया

Transliteration

śaraiś cāvākirad rājan śaineyaṃ tanayas tava | rājan sāmane āte huye mahābāhu sātyakiko āpake putrane rokā aura unheṃ bāṇoṃse ḍhak diyā |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、前へ進み出るシャイネーヤを、あなたの御子が食い止め、矢の雨を浴びせた。剛腕のサーティヤキは、濃密な矢の斉射に覆われたのである。」

Word by Word

शरैःwith arrows

चand

अवाकिरत्showered, covered (with a rain of arrows)

राजन्O king

शैनेयम्Shaineya (Sātyaki)

तनयःson

तवof you, your

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Śaineya (Sātyaki)

your son (a Kaurava prince; contextually Duryodhana or another son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in practice: a warrior meets an advancing foe with decisive resistance. Ethically, it reflects steadfastness to one’s side and duty in battle, where courage is shown through direct engagement rather than hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a Kaurava prince (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son) intercepts Śaineya—i.e., Sātyaki—as he comes forward, and overwhelms him with a shower of arrows, momentarily checking his advance.