Shloka 33
शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host
with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter
Devanagari script
सत्यसेनस्य च भनुर्हस्तावापं च मारिष
Transliteration
satyasenasya ca bhanur hastāvāpaṃ ca māriṣa
Translation
കൂടാതെ, ഹേ മാരിഷാ! സത്യസേനന്റെ ഭാനുവും ഹസ്താവാപനും (അവിടെയുണ്ടായിരുന്നു).
Word by Word
सत्यसेनस्यof Satyasena
सत्यसेनस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यसेन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
भनुःBhanu (a person named Bhanu)
भनुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभनु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हस्तावापम्Hastāvāpa (a person named Hastavapa)
हस्तावापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहस्तावाप
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मारिषO venerable one / O sir
मारिष:
TypeNoun
Rootमारिष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
सत्यसेन (Satyasena)भ
भानु (Bhānu)ह
हस्तावाप (Hastāvāpa)स
संजय (Sañjaya)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
The verse contributes to the epic’s ethical backdrop by reminding the listener that war consumes not only individuals but entire lineages; naming warriors highlights the weight of kṣatriya duty and the tragic impermanence of worldly renown.
Sañjaya continues a catalogue of warriors in the Shalya Parva context, mentioning Bhānu connected with Satyasena and also Hastāvāpa, addressing the king respectfully as ‘māriṣa’.