Shloka 35

Śalya Appointed as Karṇa’s Sārathi; Discourse on Praise, Blame, and Beneficial Counsel (कर्णस्य शल्यसारथ्यं तथा स्तवनिन्दाविचारः)

Devanagari script

रणे विव्याध सप्तत्या स्वर्णपुड्खै: शिलाशितै: । महाराज! कृतवर्माने रणभूमिमें सानपर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले सत्तर बाणोंसे ट्रुपदपुत्र शिखण्डीको घायल कर दिया || ३४ $ ।।

Transliteration

raṇe vivyādha saptatyā svarṇapuḍkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | mahārāja! kṛtavarmāṇe raṇabhūmau śānopari caḍhākara teja kiye hue suvarṇamaya pakhaṅvāle sattara bāṇoṃ se drupadaputra śikhaṇḍī ko ghāyal kara diyā || 34 || tato 'sya samare bāṇaṃ bhojaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Ó rei, naquela batalha Kṛtavarmā feriu Śikhaṇḍī, filho de Drupada, com setenta flechas de penas douradas, aguçadas na pedra. Então, no mesmo combate, o herói bhoja, o mais eminente entre os que desferem golpes, lançou contra ele uma flecha.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• भोजः: the Bhoja (king/warrior; here: Kṛtavarmā)
• भोजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रहरताम्: of those who strike/shoot
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: present participle (active), plural, genitive, masculine

• वरः: best, foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Drupada
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• gold-fletching (svarṇa-puḍkha)
• whetstone/stone sharpening (śilā-śita)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the grim precision of warfare and the kṣatriya code of relentless engagement: skill and resolve are praised, yet the scene also implicitly raises the ethical weight of violence—heroic excellence operates within a tragic field where injury and escalation are inevitable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛtavarmā wounds Śikhaṇḍī with seventy sharpened, gold-fletched arrows on the battlefield; immediately afterward, the Bhoja hero (Kṛtavarmā) continues the assault by shooting another arrow in the ongoing fight.