Shloka 33

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

दुःशासन: षोडशभिर्विव्याध शिनिपुड्भवम्‌ | शकुनि: पञ्चविंशत्या चित्रसेनश्व॒ पठचभि:,तदनन्तर दुःशासनने सोलह, शकुनिने पचीस और चित्रसेनने पाँच बाणोंद्वारा शिनिप्रवर सात्यकिको बींध डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duḥśāsanaḥ ṣoḍaśabhir vivyādha śinipuṅgavam | śakuniḥ pañcaviṃśatyā citrasenaś ca pañcabhiḥ ||

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—దుఃశాసనుడు శినికులప్రవరుడైన సాత్యకిని పదహారు బాణాలతో గుచ్చెను; శకుని ఇరవై ఐదు బాణాలతో, చిత్రసేనుడు ఐదు బాణాలతో అతనిని గాయపరచెను।

Word by Word

दुःशासनःDuhshasana

षोडशभिःwith sixteen

विव्याधpierced

शिनिपुड्भवम्the descendant of Śinipuḍ (Sātyaki)

शकुनिःShakuni

पञ्चविंशत्याwith twenty-five

चित्रसेनःChitrasena

पञ्चभिःwith five

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Duhshasana

Shakuni

Chitrasena

Satyaki (implied by 'śinipuṅgava')

Shini clan (Śini)

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?

The verse highlights how, in war, collective force and tactical concentration can overwhelm individual excellence; ethically, it invites reflection on the tension between kṣatriya duty (fighting within the rules of battle) and the moral discomfort of coordinated, relentless targeting of a single renowned warrior.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Drona Parva battle, Satyaki—praised as the foremost of the Śini line—is struck by multiple Kaurava fighters in quick succession: Duhshasana with sixteen arrows, Shakuni with twenty-five, and Chitrasena with five.