Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शल्य: सायकवर्षाणि विमुज्चन्‌ सर्वतोदिशम्‌ | पाण्डवान्‌ पीडयामास ससात्यकिवृकोदरान्‌,इधर शल्य सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए युद्धमें सात्यकि और भीमसेनसहित पाण्डवोंको पीड़ा देने लगे

Transliteration

saya5 saya5kavar63631i vimuf1can sarvatodibam | p147av1n p2b47ay1m1sa sa-s1tyaki-v5kodar1n ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຊັລຍະປ່ອຍຝົນລູກສອນໄປທຸກທິດ ແລ້ວເລີ່ມກົດດັນກອງພານດະວະໃນສະໜາມຮົບ ບີບຄັ້ນພວກເຂົາຢ່າງໜັກ ຮວມທັງສາຕະຍະກິ ແລະ ພີມະ (ວຣິໂກດະຣະ) ດ້ວຍ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມເຄື່ອນໄຫວອັນຫມອງມົວຂອງສົງຄາມ ເມື່ອຝີມືການຮົບຖືກນຳໄປໃຊ້ເພື່ອກົດຂີ່ຄູ່ຕໍ່ສູ້.

Word by Word

शल्यःShalya

सायक-वर्षाणिshowers of arrows

विमुञ्चन्releasing, discharging

सर्वतःon all sides, from every direction

दिशम्direction

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

पीडयामासtormented, afflicted

सhe

सात्यकि-वृकोदरान्Satyaki and Vrikodara (Bhima)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Shalya

Pandavas

Satyaki

Vrikodara (Bhima)

arrows

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 reality of k63atriya warfare: skill and force can dominate the battlefield, yet the suffering inflicted intensifies the ethical gravity of combat. It invites reflection on how dharma in war involves duty and courage, but never erases the human cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Shalya, fighting for the Kauravas, unleashes arrows in all directions and thereby troubles the P147ava warriors, explicitly including S1tyaki and Bh2bma (V5kodara).