Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पुत्रके मारे जानेपर क्रोधसे व्याकुलचित्त हुए कर्णने शिनिप्रवर सात्यकिका वध करनेके लिये उनपर एक शत्रु-नाशक बाण छोड़ा और कहा--'सात्यके! अब तू मारा गया” ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | putrake māre jāne par krodhase vyākulacitta hue karṇane śinipravara sātyakikā vadha karane ke liye unapar eka śatru-nāśaka bāṇa choḍā aura kahā— “sātyake! aba tvaṁ māraḥ gataḥ” || tam asya ciccheda śaraṁ śikhaṇḍī tribhis tribhiś caiva pratutoda karṇam | śikhaṇḍinaḥ kārmukaṁ ca dhvajaṁ ca chittvā kṣurābhyāṁ nyapatat sujātaḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อบุตรถูกสังหาร กรรณะผู้จิตใจสั่นไหวด้วยโทสะได้ยิงศรทำลายศัตรูไปยังสาตยกี ผู้เลิศในหมู่ศินี พร้อมประกาศว่า “สาตยกี บัดนี้เจ้าตายแล้ว!” แต่ศิขัณฑีใช้ศรสามดอกตัดศรนั้นเสีย และใช้อีกสามดอกแทงกรรณะตอบโต้ ครั้นแล้วกรรณะผู้ว่องไวได้ใช้ศรคมกริบสองดอกตัดคันธนูและธงของศิขัณฑีให้ร่วงลง

Word by Word

• तम्: that (arrow)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चिच्छेद: cut (he) cut off
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरम्: arrow
• शरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शिखण्डी: Shikhaṇḍī
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्रतुतोद: struck/pierced (in return)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्रति

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शिखण्डिनः: of Shikhaṇḍī
• शिखण्डिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कार्मुकम्: bow
• कार्मुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्मुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ध्वजम्: banner/standard
• ध्वजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• छित्त्वा: having cut
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• क्षुराभ्याम्: with two razor(-edged arrows)
• क्षुराभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• न्यपतत्: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, नि

• सुजातः: the well-born/noble one
• सुजातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुजात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Sātyaki
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Śini (clan reference)
• arrow (śara/bāṇa)
• bow (kārmuka)
• banner/standard (dhvaja)
• razor-headed arrows (kṣura)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how personal loss can inflame anger and drive one toward destructive retaliation; yet in war, immediate tactical success or failure does not erase the ethical burden of acting from wrath rather than discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

After his son’s death, Karṇa shoots a deadly arrow at Sātyaki; Śikhaṇḍī intercepts it with three arrows and strikes Karṇa with three more. Karṇa then retaliates by cutting down Śikhaṇḍī’s bow and banner with two razor-headed arrows.