Shloka 393

Devanagari script

नाकम्पत महाबाहुस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्‌ | जलसंधके बहुत-से बाणोंद्वारा क्षत-विक्षत होनेपर भी पराक्रमी महाबाहु सात्यकि कम्पित नहीं हुए। यह अद्भुत-सी बात थी

Transliteration

nākampata mahābāhus tad adbhutam ivābhavat |

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—మహాబాహువు సాత్యకి కదలలేదు; అది ఆశ్చర్యముగా అనిపించెను. జలసంధుని అనేక బాణములతో గాయపడి చీలిపోయినప్పటికీ, పరాక్రమవంతుడు సాత్యకి అచలంగా నిలిచెను.

Word by Word

नnot

अकम्पतdid not tremble

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed (one)

तत्that

अद्भुतम्wonderful, astonishing

इवas if, like

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfastness under suffering is presented as a heroic virtue: even when wounded by many arrows, a warrior who remains unshaken embodies disciplined courage and resolve, aligning with kṣatriya-dharma in the battlefield context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki, despite being struck and lacerated by numerous arrows during the fighting, did not tremble. The narrator highlights this composure as something astonishing.