Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 14

अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन

Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault

Devanagari script

सात्यकिश्लैव राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजशक्ष॒ पठचभि:

Transliteration

satyakib blaiva r1j1na bare1nataparva1 |

draupadey1s trisaptaty1 dharmar1jab baka1 pacabbhi ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Tinamaan ni Sātyaki ang hari ng isang palasong may mga bingaw sa dugtungan at mabagsik. Ang mga anak ni Draupadī, na pitumpu ang bilang, at si Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) rin, kasama ang limang kasamahan, ay sabay-sabay na sumulong at dumiin sa paglusob.”

Word by Word

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरेण: with an arrow
• शरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनतपर्वणा: having unbent joints (i.e., straight-jointed)
• अनतपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रौपदेयाः: the sons of Draupadī
• द्रौपदेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रिसप्तत्या: with seventy-three (arrows)
• त्रिसप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शक्ष॒: was able/could (uncertain reading)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Unclear (corrupt/uncertain reading), Unclear, Unclear

• पठचभिः: with ... (corrupt/uncertain word; likely 'पञ्चभिः' = with five)
• पठचभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पठच (uncertain)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• S1tyaki
• the king (r1j1)
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupad
  2b)
• Dharmar1ja (Yudhihira)
• arrow (bara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim ethical reality of dharma in wartime: even those aligned with righteousness must act decisively within the obligations of alliance and protection, and battle becomes a collective enterprise where duty is carried out through coordinated force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that S1tyaki wounds a king with a powerful arrow, while the Draupadeyas (Draupad
2bs sons) and Dharmar1ja (Yudhihira), together with five others, advance in a concerted attack amid the ongoing fighting in the aalyaparvan.