Shloka 3636

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

सारथिं चास्य राजेन्द्र शितैर्विव्यधतु: शरै: । राजेन्द्र! फिर उन दोनों भाइयोंने भी पृथक्‌ू-पृथक्‌ अनेक बाणोंसे नकुलको बींध डाला और पैने बाणोंद्वारा उनके सारथिको भी घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

sārathiṃ cāsya rājendra śitair vivyadhatuḥ śaraiḥ |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、あの二人の兄弟は鋭い矢で彼を貫き、さらに切っ先鋭い矢でその御者をも傷つけた。」この句は戦の容赦なき激化を示す。戦う者ではないが不可欠な支えである御者さえ、戦禍の猛りの中で傷を免れないのである。

Word by Word

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शितैः: with sharp
• शितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विव्यधतुः: they two pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājendra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)
• sārathi (charioteer)
• śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how warfare rapidly expands suffering beyond principal fighters, drawing even essential attendants like charioteers into danger—prompting reflection on the ethical cost of unchecked martial fury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that two brothers (dual verb vivyadhatuḥ) strike their opponent with sharp arrows and also wound his charioteer, indicating an intense exchange in the Kurukṣetra battle.