Shloka 42

Devanagari script

शैनेयो5पि ततः क्रुद्धक्षापमानम्य वेगवान्‌ । गौतमान्तकरं तूर्ण समाधत्त शिलीमुखम्‌,तब वेगशाली सात्यकिने भी क्रोधमें भरकर अपने धनुषको झुकाया और तुरंत ही उसपर कृपाचार्यका अन्त करनेवाला बाण रखा

Transliteration

śaineyo 'pi tataḥ kruddhaḥ kṣāpamānamya vegavān | gautamāntakaraṃ tūrṇaṃ samādhatta śilīmukham ||

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ បន្ទាប់មក ឈៃនេយ (សាត្យគី) ក៏ខឹងឡើង ដោយកម្លាំងលឿន បានបត់ធ្នូឲ្យទ្រេត ហើយប្រញាប់ដាក់ព្រួញមុតមួយ—ព្រួញដែលមានបំណងបញ្ចប់ជីវិតគោតម (គ្រឹបាចារ្យ)។

Word by Word

शैनेयःŚaineya (Sātyaki)

अपिalso/even

ततःthen/from there

क्रुद्धःangry

आपमानम्insult/disrespect

वेगवान्swift/impetuous

गौतमान्तकरम्bringing the end of Gautama (i.e., of Kṛpa)

तूर्णम्quickly

समाधत्तhe fixed/placed (on the bow)

शिलीमुखम्arrow

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śaineya (Sātyaki)

Gautama’s son (Kṛpācārya)

bow

arrow (śilīmukha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can harden intention and accelerate violence in war, pushing a warrior toward extreme acts even against respected elders. It implicitly warns that battlefield duty (kṣatriya-dharma) can collide with ethical restraint, making inner discipline crucial.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Sātyaki, called Śaineya, becomes enraged, bends his bow with force, and quickly fits a sharp arrow intended to kill Kṛpācārya (identified as Gautama’s son). It marks an escalation in the duel and Sātyaki’s lethal resolve.