Shloka 26

Śaineya–Bhūriśravas: Genealogy, Svayaṃvara Contest, and the Maheśvara Boon

Devanagari script

तत: शरशतेनैव युयुधानो महारथ: । अविध्यद ब्राह्माणं संख्ये हृष्टरूपो विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! उस युद्धस्थलमें महारथी सात्यकिने हर्षमें भरकर विप्रवर द्रोणाचार्यको सौ बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

tataḥ śaraśatenaiva yuyudhāno mahārathaḥ | avidhyad brāhmaṇaṃ saṅkhye hṛṣṭarūpo viśāmpate prajānātha ||

Translation

ప్రజానాథా! ఆపై హర్షోల్లాసంతో ఉన్న మహారథి యుయుధానుడు (సాత్యకి) యుద్ధంలో బ్రాహ్మణుడైన ద్రోణాచార్యుని వంద బాణాలతో గాయపరిచాడు.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

शरशतेनwith a hundred arrows

एवindeed, just

युयुधानःYuyudhāna (Sātyaki)

महारथःthe great chariot-warrior

अविध्यत्pierced, struck

ब्राह्मणम्the Brahmin (Drona)

संख्येin battle

हृष्ट-रूपःhaving a delighted appearance

विशाम्of the people, of the clans

पतेO lord

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)

Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical strain of dharma in war: social reverence (toward a Brāhmaṇa teacher like Droṇa) collides with kṣatriya obligation to neutralize an armed opponent. It also cautions that exhilaration in violence—“hṛṣṭarūpa”—can arise even in a cause deemed righteous, revealing the need for inner restraint and clarity of purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna), a foremost warrior on the Pāṇḍava side, attacks Droṇa on the battlefield and wounds him with a hundred arrows, doing so with visible elation.