Shloka 46

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

सोअन्यत्‌ कार्मुकमादाय शत्रुघ्न भारसाधनम्‌ | द्रौर्णिं षष्ट्या महाराज बाह्दोरुरसि चार्पयत्‌

Transliteration

so 'nyat kārmukam ādāya śatrughna-bhāra-sādhanam | drauṇiṁ ṣaṣṭyā mahārāja bāhvor urasi cārpayat ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Затем, о царь, Сатьяки взял другой лук — могучий, способный вынести тяготы боя и смертоносный для врагов, — и всадил шестьдесят стрел в Ашваттхаму, сына Дроны, поразив его руки и грудь. Эта сцена подчёркивает неумолимую эскалацию сражения: мастерство и решимость обращаются к разрушению, а доблесть неотделима от тяжкого нравственного бремени насилия.

Word by Word

• सः: he (Satyaki)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• शत्रुघ्न: enemy-slaying
• शत्रुघ्न: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुघ्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भारसाधनम्: capable of bearing (a great) load; powerful
• भारसाधनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भारसाधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रौणिम्: Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• षष्ट्या: with sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बाह्वोः: in/on (his) two arms
• बाह्वोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• उरसि: on the chest
• उरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्पयत्: he fixed/placed (the arrows); he pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sātyaki
• Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)
• Droṇa
• bow (kārmuka)
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how martial excellence and steadfastness in war (kṣatriya-dharma) can coexist with the sobering ethical reality that victory is pursued through injury and destruction; it invites reflection on the moral weight carried by warriors even when acting within their duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki, switching to another strong bow, shoots sixty arrows at Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa’s son), piercing his arms and chest—an intense exchange within the Kurukṣetra battle.