Shloka 69
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents
चिच्छेदेन्द्रध्वजाकारौ शिरक्षान्येन पत्रिणा । तब अर्जुनने उसकी गदासहित, इन्द्रध्वजके समान उठी हुई दोनों भुजाओंको दो क्षुरप्रोंसे काट डाला और पंखयुक्त दूसरे बाणसे उसके मस्तकको भी काट गिराया ।। स पपात हतो राजन् वसुधामनुनादयन्
sañjaya uvāca |
chiccheda indradhvajākārau śirakṣānyena patriṇā |
sa papāta hato rājan vasudhām anunādayan ||
サンジャヤは言った。――さらに羽根ある矢で首を断ち、鋭い矢で、インドラの旗標のごとく掲げられた両腕を切り落とした。討たれた戦士は、王よ、地を轟かせて倒れ伏した――戦の不可避の法のもと、武威も驕りも等しく沈黙へと追いやられるさまの象徴である。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of bodily power and the inevitability of death in war: even banner-like pride and strength collapse when struck by decisive action, reminding the listener that martial glory is transient and bound to consequence.
Sanjaya reports a battlefield moment: a warrior’s two upraised arms—likened to Indra’s banner—are cut down, his head is severed by a feathered arrow, and he falls dead, making the earth reverberate.