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Shloka 8

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

दुर्मर्षणं द्वादशभिरष्टाभिश्न विविंशतिम्‌ । सत्यव्रतं च नवभिर्विजयं दशभि: शरै:,उन्होंने द्रोणाचार्यको तीन, दुःसहको नौ, विकर्णको पचीस, चित्रसेनको सात, दुर्मीषणको बारह, विविंशतिको आठ, सत्यव्रतको नौ तथा विजयको दस बाणोंसे घायल किया

sañjaya uvāca | durmarṣaṇaṃ dvādaśabhir aṣṭābhiś ca viviṃśatim | satyavrataṃ ca navabhir vijayaṃ daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ລາວຍິງດຸຣມັຣຊະນະດ້ວຍລູກສອນ 12 ດອກ, ວິວິໍມຊະຕິດ້ວຍ 8, ສັດຕະຍະວຣະຕະດ້ວຍ 9, ແລະວິຊະຍະດ້ວຍ 10. ໃນຄວາມອຶດອັດອັນໂຫດຮ້າຍຂອງສົງຄາມ ການຍິງທີ່ວັດຈຳນວນແນ່ນອນໄດ້ເລືອກເປົ້າໝາຍຕາມຊື່ທີລະຄົນ ຊີ້ວ່າ “ທຳມະ” ຂອງສົງຄາມໄດ້ຫຍໍ້ລົງເຫຼືອແຕ່ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງທີ່ມີວິໄນ ແລະການນັບບັນຊີແຫ່ງຄວາມເຈັບປວດຢ່າງບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ.

दुर्मर्षणम्Durmarṣaṇa (a person, as object)
दुर्मर्षणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्मर्षण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
द्वादशभिःwith twelve (arrows)
द्वादशभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वादश
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अष्टाभिःwith eight (arrows)
अष्टाभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्ट
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
विविंशतिम्Viviṃśati (a person, as object)
विविंशतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविविंशति
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सत्यव्रतम्Satyavrata (a person, as object)
सत्यव्रतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यव्रत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नवभिःwith nine (arrows)
नवभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootनव
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
विजयम्Vijaya (a person, as object)
विजयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविजय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दशभिःwith ten (arrows)
दशभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Durmarṣaṇa
V
Viviṃśati
S
Satyavrata
V
Vijaya
Ś
śara (arrows)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s stark wartime ethic: prowess is expressed as controlled, deliberate action, yet the moral cost is implicit—dharma in battle becomes a duty-bound precision that still results in suffering for named individuals.

Sañjaya reports a sequence of battlefield strikes in which a warrior wounds specific opponents—Durmarṣaṇa, Viviṃśati, Satyavrata, and Vijaya—each with a stated number of arrows, emphasizing the intensity and methodical nature of the combat.