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Shloka 18

अताडयद्‌ रणे शूरो जन्नुदेशे नरोत्तम: । उस समय शूरवीर नरश्रेष्ठ सात्यकिने रणभूमिमें बीस पैने बाणोंद्वारा कर्णके गलेकी हँसलीपर प्रहार किया ।। शिखण्डी पज्चविंशत्या धृष्टद्युम्नश्व॒ सप्तभि:,शिखण्डीने पचीस, धृष्टद्युम्नने सात, द्रौपदीके पुत्रोंने चौंसठ, सहदेवने सात और नकुलने सौ बाणोंद्वारा कर्णको युद्धमें घायल कर दिया

sañjaya uvāca | atāḍayad raṇe śūro jannudeśe narottamaḥ |

サञ्जयは言った。戦場のただ中で、その勇士――人中の最勝者――は頸のあたりを打った。この応酬においてサーティヤキは鋭い矢二十本で、カルナの喉と鎖骨の継ぎ目を貫き、ついでシカンディンが二十五本、ドリシュタデュムナが七本、ドラウパディーの子らが六十四本、サハデーヴァが七本、ナクラが百本の矢で、戦いの中のカルナをさらに傷つけた。

अताडयत्struck, smote
अताडयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootताड्
Formलङ्, Imperfect (past), परस्मैपद, 3, singular
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
Formmasculine, locative, singular
शूरःthe hero, brave man
शूरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशूर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
जन्नु-देशेat the knee-region
जन्नु-देशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजन्नु-देश
Formmasculine, locative, singular
नर-उत्तमःthe best of men
नर-उत्तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनरोत्तम
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
शिखण्डीShikhandi
शिखण्डी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिखण्डिन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पञ्चविंशत्याwith twenty-five (arrows)
पञ्चविंशत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चविंशति
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
धृष्टद्युम्नःDhrishtadyumna
धृष्टद्युम्नः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृष्टद्युम्न
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सप्तभिःwith seven (arrows)
सप्तभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तन्
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
S
Sātyaki
K
Karṇa
Ś
Śikhaṇḍin
D
Dhṛṣṭadyumna
D
Draupadī’s sons (Upapāṇḍavas)
S
Sahadeva
N
Nakula
B
battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

The passage underscores a recurring Mahābhārata insight: martial greatness is not absolute—outcomes in war depend on coordination, timing, and collective effort. Ethically, it reflects kṣatriya-dharma as practiced on the battlefield, where concentrated force is used to check a formidable opponent, reminding readers that power must be met with disciplined alliance and strategy.

Sañjaya reports that Karṇa is being heavily targeted. Sātyaki first strikes him at the neck/collarbone region with twenty sharp arrows, and then Śikhaṇḍin, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Draupadī’s sons, Sahadeva, and Nakula each add volleys of arrows, collectively wounding Karṇa amid the ongoing battle.