Shloka 36

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोणस्य दाशार्ह: शरांश्रिच्छेद संयुगे

Transliteration

tato droṇasya dāśārhaḥ śarāṃś chinna-cchinna-saṃyuge

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ನಂತರ ಆ ಸಮರದಲ್ಲಿ, ಬಾಣಗಳ ಛೇದನದಿಂದ ಗದ್ದಲ ತುಂಬಿದ್ದಾಗ, ದಾಶಾರ್ಹ ವೀರ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿ ದ್ರೋಣನ ಪ್ರಹಾರವನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸಲು ಮುಂದಾದನು—ಅಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಅಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ತಡೆದು।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• द्रोणस्य: of Droṇa
• द्रोणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दाशार्हः: the Dāśārha (Krishna/one of the Dāśārhas)
• दाशार्हः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्ह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• छेद: cutting, severing
• छेद: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• संयुगे: in battle, in the fight
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Dāśārha (Yādava hero, commonly Kṛṣṇa/Sātyaki)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the disciplined reality of kṣatriya-duty: in war, mastery and restraint are shown through precise counteraction—meeting aggression with skill rather than chaos—while the narrator frames the event without triumphalism, emphasizing the gravity of combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a moment in the battle where arrows are being cut down in mid-fight; the Dāśārha hero is engaged against Droṇa’s forces, indicating an intense exchange of missile-weapons and high-level martial contest.