Mahabharata 7.116.94 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 94

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

कृतवर्मा च समरे याज्ञसेनिं महारथम्‌ | विद्ध्वेषुभिस्त्रिसप्तत्या पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभि:,कृतवर्माने समरांगणमें महारथी शिखण्डीको पहले तिहत्तर बाणोंसे घायल करके फिर सात बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया

Transliteration

kṛtavarmā ca samare yājñaseniṃ mahāratham | viddhv eṣubhis trisaptatyā punar vivyādha saptabhiḥ ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—సమరంలో కృతవర్ముడు మహారథి యాజ్ఞసేని శిఖండిని డెబ్బైమూడు బాణాలతో గాయపరచి, మరల ఏడు బాణాలతో మళ్లీ ఛేదించెను.

Word by Word

• कृतवर्मा: Kṛtavarmā
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• याज्ञसेनिम्: Yājñaseni (Śikhaṇḍin)
• याज्ञसेनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञसेनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• इषुभिः: with arrows
• इषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिसप्तत्या: with seventy-three (arrows)
• त्रिसप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सप्तभिः: with seven (arrows)
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śikhaṇḍin (Yājñaseni)
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, skill and resolve manifest as repeated, decisive strikes; ethically, it points to the grim reality of kṣatriya-duty where valor is enacted through harm, and renowned warriors become instruments within a larger, tragic momentum of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛtavarmā, fighting on the battlefield, wounds the great warrior Śikhaṇḍin with seventy-three arrows and then again with seven more, emphasizing the intensity and dominance of the assault in that moment.