Shloka 40

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

सत्येषुमथ चादत्त योधानां मिषतां तत:

Transliteration

satyeṣum atha cādatta yodhānāṃ miṣatāṃ tataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Kemudian, ketika para pahlawan memandang, dia segera mengambil anak-anak panahnya yang tepat sasaran.

Word by Word

• सत्येषु: on/among the true (ones)
• सत्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• मथ: then/and then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आदत्त: took/received/seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• योधानाम्: of the warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मिषताम्: of those looking on
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिष्
• Form: Present active participle (Shatru), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• arrows (iṣu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined resolve in action: in the midst of war, the taking up of 'true-aiming' arrows suggests steadiness, competence, and deliberate intent—qualities expected of a warrior even under intense ethical and emotional pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield moment: as the assembled fighters watch, a combatant (implied by context) takes up his arrows, indicating readiness to proceed with the next decisive action in the encounter.