Shloka 14

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्लैव राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजशक्ष॒ पठचभि:

Transliteration

satyakib blaiva r1j1na bare1nataparva1 |

draupadey1s trisaptaty1 dharmar1jab baka1 pacabbhi ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Sātyaki memanah raja dengan sebatang anak panah yang berlekuk pada sendinya dan ganas. Putera-putera Draupadī, seramai tujuh puluh orang, dan Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) juga, bersama lima orang pengiring, menekan serangan secara serentak.”

Word by Word

सात्यकिःSātyaki

चand

एवindeed/just

राजानम्the king

शरेणwith an arrow

अनतपर्वणाhaving unbent joints (i.e., straight-jointed)

द्रौपदेयाःthe sons of Draupadī

त्रिसप्तत्याwith seventy-three (arrows)

धर्मराजम्Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

शक्ष॒was able/could (uncertain reading)

पठचभिःwith ... (corrupt/uncertain word; likely 'पञ्चभिः' = with five)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

S1tyaki

the king (r1j1)

Draupadeyas (sons of Draupad2b)

Dharmar1ja (Yudhihira)

arrow (bara)

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 grim ethical reality of dharma in wartime: even those aligned with righteousness must act decisively within the obligations of alliance and protection, and battle becomes a collective enterprise where duty is carried out through coordinated force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that S1tyaki wounds a king with a powerful arrow, while the Draupadeyas (Draupad2bs sons) and Dharmar1ja (Yudhihira), together with five others, advance in a concerted attack amid the ongoing fighting in the aalyaparvan.