Shloka 26
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
Devanagari script
तां तु शक्ति तदा घोरां तव पुत्रस्य सात्यकि:
Transliteration
tāṃ tu śaktiṃ tadā ghorāṃ tava putrasya sātyakiḥ
Translation
तां तु शक्तिं तदा घोरां तव पुत्रस्य सात्यकिः।
Word by Word
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
शक्तिम्spear/javelin (weapon)
शक्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तदाthen/at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
घोराम्terrible/fierce
घोराम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तवof you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रस्यof (your) son
पुत्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सात्यकिःSātyaki
सात्यकिः:
Karta
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootसात्यकि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaS
Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')T
tava putra (your son; unspecified here)Ś
śakti (spear-weapon)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war intensifies into exchanges of fearsome weapons, where warriors must meet danger with steadiness and skill; it implicitly raises the ethical tension between duty in battle (kṣatriya-dharma) and the destructive escalation that such duty can entail.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki faces a dreadful spear-weapon associated with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son. The line sets up a critical combat moment, emphasizing the weapon’s terror and the immediacy of the confrontation.