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Shloka 11

Chapter 12: Arjuna’s suppression of the Saṃśaptakas and duel with Aśvatthāmā

Drauṇi

गजों और गजारोहियोंने रथियों

kaikeyau sātyakiṃ yuddhe śaravarṣeṇa bhāsvatā | sātyakiḥ kekayau cāpi cchādayāmāsa bhārata ||

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੈਕਯ ਵੀਰ ਨੇ ਚਮਕਦਾਰ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਰਖਾ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਤ੍ਯਕੀ ਨੂੰ ਢੱਕ ਦਿੱਤਾ; ਅਤੇ ਹੇ ਭਾਰਤ, ਸਾਤ੍ਯਕੀ ਨੇ ਵੀ ਉਲਟ ਕੇ ਕੈਕਯ ਨੂੰ ਓਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਆਛਾਦਿਤ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

कैकेयौthe Kaikeya (king/warrior)
कैकेयौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकैकेय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सात्यकिम्Sātyaki
सात्यकिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसात्यकि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
युद्धेin battle
युद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
शरवर्षेणwith a shower of arrows
शरवर्षेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशरवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
भास्वताshining, brilliant
भास्वता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootभास्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
सात्यकिःSātyaki
सात्यकिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसात्यकि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
केकयान्the Kekayas
केकयान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकेकय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
च्छादयामासcovered, enveloped
च्छादयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootछाद् (धातु)
FormPeriphrastic Perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद, आम्-प्रत्ययान्त), 3rd, Singular
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Kaikeya (warrior)
S
Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
K
Kekaya (warrior/people)
B
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
A
arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the momentum of warfare: once combat is joined, even celebrated heroes respond to attack with counter-attack. It implicitly contrasts kṣatriya valor with the ethical cost of escalation—prowess becomes a cycle of retaliation rather than a space for restraint.

Sañjaya reports a duel-like exchange: a Kaikeya/Kekaya warrior showers Sātyaki with brilliant arrows, and Sātyaki immediately answers by covering his opponent with missiles as well, intensifying the battlefield clash.