Shloka 18
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
Devanagari script
सात्यकिस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो धर्मपुत्रे शरारदिते
Transliteration
sātyakis tu tataḥ kruddho dharmaputre śarārditē
Translation
ครั้นแล้ว สาตยกิยิ่งเดือดดาล เมื่อเห็นธรรมบุตร (ยุธิษฐิระ) ถูกศรทิ่มแทงจนเจ็บปวด
Word by Word
सात्यकिःSātyaki
सात्यकिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसात्यकि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मपुत्रेin/at Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
धर्मपुत्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मपुत्र
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
शरारदितेwhen (he was) pierced/wounded by arrows
शरारदिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootशरारदित
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)D
Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)A
arrows (śara)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
The verse highlights the ethical pressure of war: when the dhārmic leader (Dharmaputra) is harmed, a protector-warrior’s anger arises as a force to defend righteousness. It frames wrath not as mere passion but as a battlefield impulse directed toward safeguarding dharma.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki becomes furious upon seeing Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra) afflicted by arrow-wounds. This sets up Sātyaki’s imminent martial reaction in defense of the Pāṇḍava king.