Shloka 48

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

स ताड्यमानो विशिखेैर्बहुभिस्तिग्मतेजनै:

Transliteration

sa tāḍyamāno viśikhair bahubhis tigmatejanaiḥ

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– သူသည် ထက်မြက်၍ တောက်လောင်သည့် အားတန်ခိုးရှိသော မြားများစွာဖြင့် ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ ထိခိုက်ခံနေရသည်—စစ်မြေပြင်၏ မရပ်မနားဖိအားအောက်တွင် သည်းခံမှုနှင့် စိတ်ဓာတ်ခိုင်မာမှုကို စမ်းသပ်သည့် ပုံရိပ်တစ်ရပ်ပင် ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

सःhe

ताड्यमानःbeing struck

विशिखैःwith arrows

बहुभिःby many

तिग्मतेजनैःsharp-pointed (lit. having keen brilliance)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

arrows (viśikha)

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 line underscores the stark reality of dharma in wartime: a warrior may be compelled to endure intense harm while remaining steadfast. It highlights resilience under unavoidable conflict and the moral weight of violence even when framed as duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a combatant being repeatedly struck by numerous, razor-sharp arrows, emphasizing the ferocity and sustained intensity of the ongoing battle scene in the Droṇa Parva.