Shloka 24
ततः शिनीनामृषभ: शितै: शरै- निक्त्य कर्णप्रहितानिषून् बहून् । विदार्य कर्ण निशितैरयस्मयै- स्तवात्मजं ज्येष्ठमविध्यदष्टभि:
tataḥ śinīnām ṛṣabhaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ nikṛtya karṇaprahitāniṣūn bahūn | vidārya karṇaṃ niśitair ayasmayais tavātmajaṃ jyeṣṭham avidhyad aṣṭabhiḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。「そのとき、シニ族の雄サーティヤキは鋭い矢で、カルナの放った多くの矢を断ち落とした。さらに鋭利な鉄鏃の矢でカルナを貫いて傷つけたのち、汝の長子ドゥルヨーダナを八矢で射抜き、まるでその場に縫い留めたかのようであった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, technical mastery and steadfast allegiance can lead to swift, decisive harm; it implicitly warns that once dharmic restraints erode in battle, actions follow a harsh logic of retaliation and dominance rather than compassion.
Sātyaki intercepts and cuts down many arrows shot by Karṇa, then wounds Karṇa with sharp iron-tipped arrows, and finally pierces Duryodhana—Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s eldest son—with eight arrows.