Shloka 35

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

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

Devanagari script

ततो<शीतिं शिने: पौत्र: सायकान्‌ कृतवर्मणे

Transliteration

tato 'śītiṁ śineḥ pautraḥ sāyakān kṛtavarmaṇe

Translation

ततोऽशीतिं शिनेः पौत्रः सायकान् कृतवर्मणे।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• अशीतिम्: eighty (number)
• अशीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशीतिः
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शिनेः: of Śini
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिनिः
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पौत्रः: grandson
• पौत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कृतवर्मणे: to Kṛtavarman
• कृतवर्मणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śini
• Śini's grandson (typically Sātyaki/Yuyudhāna)
• Kṛtavarman
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, action is framed by role-based duty (kṣatriya-dharma): skill and resolve are displayed, yet the ethical tension remains—power must be exercised with awareness of consequence, not mere rage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that Śini’s grandson (commonly identified as Sātyaki) shoots eighty arrows at Kṛtavarman, marking a sharp intensification in their duel within the larger Kurukṣetra battle.