Shloka 38
पज्चाशता पुनश्चाजौ त्रिंशता दशभिश्न ह | इसी प्रकार सात्यकिने भी युद्धस्थलमें पहले पचास, फिर तीस और फिर दस बाणोंद्वारा दुर्योधनको बींध डाला और उसे भी अपने बाणोंकी वर्षासे ढक दिया ।। सात्यकिं तु रणे राजन् प्रहसंस्तनयस्तव
pañcāśatā punaś cājau triṃśatā daśabhiś ca ha | satyakiṃ tu raṇe rājan prahasan tanayas tava ||
サンジャヤは言った。「その戦いで彼は再び彼を射抜いた。まず五十の矢、次に三十、そして十。さらに戦場で笑うサーティヤキは、汝の子に濃密な矢の雨を浴びせ、矢で覆い尽くした。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya battlefield ethos—unyielding exertion and tactical pressure—while implicitly reminding the listener (the king) that war’s triumphs are inseparable from the moral and human cost borne by one’s own kin.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki strikes Duryodhana repeatedly with volleys of arrows—counted as fifty, then thirty, then ten—and then overwhelms him with a continuous shower, effectively covering him with shafts.