Shloka 423

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

विव्याध चैनं सप्तत्या नाराचानां महाबल: । साथ ही उन महारथी एवं महाबली वीरने उनके घोड़ों और सारथिको भी शीघ्रतापूर्वक मार डाला और सत्तर नाराचोंसे श्रुतायुधको भी घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

vivyādha cainaṃ saptatyā nārācānāṃ mahābalaḥ |

Translation

ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ນັກຮົບຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ທະລຸຂ້າມເຂົາດ້ວຍລູກສອນນາຣາຈາ ເຈັດສິບດອກ. ໃນການປະທະອັນດຸເດືອດນັ້ນ ນັກຮົບລົດສຶກຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ ໄດ້ຂ້າມ້າແລະສາຣະຖີຂອງເຂົາຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວດ້ວຍ ແລະດ້ວຍນາຣາຈາ ເຈັດສິບດອກ ກໍເຮັດໃຫ້ສຣຸຕາຍຸທບາດເຈັບ. ນີ້ສະທ້ອນວ່າ ຕາມຕັກກະອັນໂຫດຮ້າຍຂອງສົງຄາມ ການຕັດກຳລັງການເຄື່ອນໄຫວແລະຜູ້ຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ ອາດຈະຕັດສິນໄດ້ພໍໆກັບການຟັນຟາດຕົວນັກຮົບເອງ.

Word by Word

विव्याधpierced, wounded

चand

एनम्him

सप्तत्याwith seventy (as a set of seventy)

नाराचानाम्of iron arrows (narācas)

महाबलःthe mighty/strong one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śrutāyudha

nārāca (arrow)

horses

charioteer

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 the harsh ethical reality of kṣatriya warfare: victory often depends on strategic disabling of an opponent’s means (horses, charioteer, chariot-function) as much as direct combat, underscoring how dharma in war operates within severe constraints and consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield episode in which a powerful warrior strikes an opponent with seventy nārāca arrows; in the same sequence, the opponent’s horses and charioteer are quickly killed, and Śrutāyudha is also wounded by seventy nārācas.