Mahabharata 7.191.45 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 191, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

समाश्चस्य तु पुत्रस्ते सात्यकिं पुनरभ्ययात्‌ । विसृजन्निषुजालानि युयुधानरथं प्रति,फिर धीरे-धीरे कुछ आराम मिलनेपर आपका पुत्र पुनः सात्यकिपर चढ़ आया और उनके रथपर बाणोंके जाल बिछाने लगा

Transliteration

samāśvasya tu putras te sātyakiṃ punar abhyayāt | visṛjann iṣu-jālāni yuyudhāna-rathaṃ prati ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—కొంత ఊపిరి పీల్చుకుని స్థిరపడిన తరువాత మీ కుమారుడు మళ్లీ సాత్యకిపై దూసుకొచ్చి, యుయుధానుని రథం వైపు బాణాల జాలాన్ని కురిపించసాగెను.

Word by Word

• समाश्वस्य: having recovered (having taken breath/rest)
• समाश्वस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे) अव्ययकृदन्त, कर्तरि, पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having recovered/breathed easy)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सात्यकिम्: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अभ्ययात्: approached/charged towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विसृजन्: releasing, discharging
• विसृजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इषुजालानि: nets/volleys of arrows
• इषुजालानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषुजाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• युयुधानरथम्: the chariot of Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• your son (Duryodhana)
• Sātyaki
• Yuyudhāna
• chariot
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of relentless engagement: a warrior may pause only briefly to recover, then must re-enter combat with full force. It also invites reflection on how endurance and martial duty can intensify violence, raising ethical awareness even amid heroic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, after a moment of recovery, again advances on Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna) and covers his chariot with a dense shower of arrows.