Shloka 413

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

पज्चभि: पज्चभिर्बाणै: पुनर्विव्याध सात्यकि: | तब सात्यकिने एक साथ विजयके लिये प्रयत्न करनेवाले उन समस्त शूरवीर महारथियोंको पुन: पाँच-पाँच बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

pañcabhiḥ pañcabhir bāṇaiḥ punar vivyādha sātyakiḥ | tataḥ sātyakine ekasātha vijayāya prayatnamānān tān sarvān śūrān mahārathīn punaḥ pañca-pañca-bāṇaiḥ kṣatān akarot |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସାତ୍ୟକି ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ପୁଣି ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକଙ୍କୁ ପାଞ୍ଚ-ପାଞ୍ଚ ବାଣରେ ବିଦ୍ଧ କଲେ। ତାପରେ ବିଜୟ ପାଇଁ ଏକାସାଥି ଚେଷ୍ଟା କରୁଥିବା ସେଇ ସମସ୍ତ ଶୂର ମହାରଥୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେ ପୁଣି ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକଙ୍କୁ ପାଞ୍ଚ-ପାଞ୍ଚ ଶରରେ ଘାୟଲ କରିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• बाणैः: by arrows
• बाणैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• bāṇas (arrows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the battlefield ethic of kṣatriya-dharma, victory is portrayed as arising from disciplined prowess and unwavering resolve; even when many unite against one, composure and skill can prevail over sheer collective pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sātyaki repeatedly counters a group of elite warriors who attack him together; he strikes them again, wounding each with five arrows, demonstrating his effectiveness against coordinated opposition.