Shloka 2

Devanagari script

प्रगाढं लघु चित्र च दर्शयन्‌ हस्तलाघवम्‌,(यत्‌ तत्‌ सख्युस्तु पूर्वेण अर्जुनादुपशिक्षितम्‌ ।) बाणोंको छोड़ते समय सात्यकिने अपने उस प्रगाढ़, शीघ्रकारी और विचित्र हस्तलाघवका परिचय दिया, जिसे उन्होंने पूर्वकालमें अपने सखा अर्जुनसे सीखा था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | pragāḍhaṃ laghu citraṃ ca darśayan hastalāghavam (yat tat sakhyus tu pūrveṇa arjunād upaśikṣitam) |

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Ketika melepaskan anak panahnya, Sātyaki memperlihatkan kemahiran tangan—terlatih mendalam, pantas pelaksanaannya, dan menakjubkan dalam kepelbagaian—suatu seni yang dahulu dipelajarinya daripada sahabatnya, Arjuna. Adegan ini menegaskan bahawa latihan berdisiplin dan persahabatan setia menjadi kekuatan penentu apabila dharma mesti ditunaikan di tengah perang.

Word by Word

प्रगाढम्deep, intense

लघुswift, light

चित्रम्wonderful, varied

चand

दर्शयन्showing, displaying

हस्तलाघवम्dexterity of hand, sleight of hand

यत्which

तत्that

सख्युःof (his) friend

तुindeed, but

पूर्वेणformerly, earlier (by/through the earlier one)

अर्जुनात्from Arjuna

उपशिक्षितम्taught, instructed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Satyaki

Arjuna

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?

Excellence in action arises from disciplined training and right guidance; skills learned in loyal companionship and proper apprenticeship become instruments for fulfilling one’s duty when circumstances demand decisive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the battle, Sātyaki shoots arrows while exhibiting extraordinary dexterity—swift, deep-rooted, and astonishing—explicitly noted as a skill he had earlier learned from Arjuna; Sanjaya reports this to convey Sātyaki’s prowess and the lineage of his training.