Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त॑ शरैर्दशभिस्ती &णैश्वचिच्छेद शिनिपुज्रव:,परंतु उस बाणको शिनिप्रवर सात्यकिने महामना कर्ण और आपके पुत्रके देखते-देखते दस तीखे बाणोंसे काट डाला और आचार्यप्रवरके द्वारा प्राणसंकटमें पड़े हुए धृष्टद्युम्नको छुड़ा लिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | taṁ śarair daśabhis tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda śinipuṅgavaḥ | kṛṣṇasya bāṇaṁ sātyakir mahātmā karṇa-duryodhanayoḥ paśyatoḥ | ācārya-pravarair āpanna-prāṇa-saṅkaṭaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṁ mocayām āsa ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ— ତେବେ ଶିନିମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ମହାତ୍ମା ସାତ୍ୟକି, କର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଓ ତୁମ ପୁତ୍ର ଦେଖୁଥିବାବେଳେ, ସେ ବାଣକୁ ଦଶଟି ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ବାଣରେ ଖଣ୍ଡଖଣ୍ଡ କରିଦେଲା; ଏବଂ ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟପ୍ରବରଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରାଣସଙ୍କଟରେ ପଡ଼ିଥିବା ଧୃଷ୍ଟଦ୍ୟୁମ୍ନକୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କଲା।

Word by Word

तम्him

शरैःwith arrows

दशभिःwith ten

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

अवचिच्छेदcut off / severed

शिनिप्रवरःthe best of the Shinis (Satyaki)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Satyaki

Shini clan (Śini)

Karna

Duryodhana

Drona (Acharya)

Dhrishtadyumna

arrow (bāṇa)

shafts/arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the battlefield ethic of the Mahābhārata, a warrior’s dharma includes swift protection of comrades in mortal danger; Sātyaki’s decisive intervention exemplifies loyalty and responsibility toward an ally under threat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Droṇa’s action has placed Dhṛṣṭadyumna in a life-threatening situation; Sātyaki, observed by Karṇa and Duryodhana, counters by slicing the incoming arrow/weapon with ten sharp shafts and thereby frees Dhṛṣṭadyumna from immediate peril.