Shloka 9

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरें शतेनाजौ विव्याध भरतर्षभ । भीमसेनं च सप्तत्या सहदेवं च पठचभि:

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhireṇa śatenājau vivyādha bharatarṣabha | bhīmasenaṃ ca saptatyā sahadevaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Wahai banteng keturunan Bharata, di tengah pertempuran dia memanah Yudhiṣṭhira dengan seratus anak panah; Bhīmasena dengan tujuh puluh; dan Sahadeva dengan lima.

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira (as object)

शतेनwith a hundred (arrows)

अजौin battle

विव्याधpierced, struck

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

भीमसेनम्Bhīmasena (as object)

चand

सप्तत्याwith seventy (arrows)

सहदेवम्Sahadeva (as object)

चand

पञ्चभिःwith five (arrows)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Sahadeva

Bharatas (Kuru lineage)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative bharatarṣabha)

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 disciplined, quantified nature of kṣatriya warfare—skill expressed through precise strikes—while the broader epic context reminds the listener that such prowess operates within the heavy moral burden of fratricidal conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior in the battle (the subject implied from surrounding verses) wounds the Pāṇḍava leaders: Yudhiṣṭhira with 100 arrows, Bhīma with 70, and Sahadeva with 5.