Mahabharata 7.191.386 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 191, Shloka 386

Devanagari script

आकर्णपूर्णनिशितैर्विव्याध त्रिंशता शरै: । राजन! तब हँसते हुए आपके पुत्रने धनुषको कानतक खींचकर छोड़े हुए तीस तीखे बाणोंद्वारा रणभूमिमें सात्यकिको क्षत-विक्षत कर डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ākarṇapūrṇa-niśitair vivyādha triṃśatā śaraiḥ | rājan! tadā hasate hue tava putreṇa dhanuṣaṃ karṇāntaṃ kṛtvā muktaiḥ triṃśadbhis tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ raṇabhūmau sātyakiḥ kṣata-vikṣataḥ kṛtaḥ |

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—రాజా! అప్పుడు నీ కుమారుడు నవ్వుతూ ధనుస్సును చెవివరకు లాగి ముప్పై పదునైన బాణాలను విడిచెను; ఆ బాణాలతో రణభూమిలో సాత్యకిని గాయపరచి చిద్రముచేసెను.

Word by Word

• आकर्णपूर्णनिशितैः: with sharp (arrows) drawn up to the ear (fully drawn)
• आकर्णपूर्णनिशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकर्ण-पूर्ण-निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• त्रिंशता: with thirty
• त्रिंशता: Karana
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Duryodhana
• Satyaki (Yuyudhana)
• bow
• arrows
• battlefield

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim ethical tension of warfare: martial excellence (drawing the bow to the ear and striking precisely) can be accompanied by emotional detachment or even delight, reminding readers that power without restraint easily becomes cruelty, even within the framework of kshatriya duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Duryodhana, smiling, fully draws his bow and shoots thirty sharp arrows, severely wounding Satyaki on the battlefield.