Shloka 33

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

Devanagari script

चतुरक्षतुरो वाहांश्षतुर्भि: परमेषुभि:

Transliteration

caturakṣaturo vāhāṃś caturbhiḥ parameṣubhiḥ

Translation

चतुरक्षतुरो वाहांश्चतुर्भिः परमेषुभिः।

Word by Word

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अक्षतुरः: axle/axletree (axle-pins) (as read in the given text)
• अक्षतुरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षतुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वाहान्: horses/draught-animals
• वाहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• परमेषुभिः: with supreme arrows (as read in the given text)
• परमेषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेषु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• horses
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the terrifying efficiency of martial expertise: in war, technical brilliance can rapidly end lives. Ethically, it invites reflection on how skill, when yoked to conflict, serves destruction unless guided by restraint and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a battlefield feat: a warrior uses four excellent arrows to strike down four horses (the chariot’s team), likely to disable an opponent’s mobility and turn the tide in close combat.