Shloka 3
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
शत्रवों हतभूयिष्ठा ज्ञातय: परिपालिता: । गृहीत्वा संजयं चासौ निवृत्त: शिनिपुड्भव:
sañjaya uvāca |
śatravo hatabhūyiṣṭhā jñātayaḥ paripālitāḥ |
gṛhītvā sañjayaṃ cāsau nivṛttaḥ śinipuḍbhavaḥ |
Wika ni Sañjaya: “O Bhārata, napatay na ang karamihan sa mga mandirigma ng kaaway, at napangalagaan ang ating mga kamag-anak. At masdan—si Sātyaki, ang pinakadakila sa angkan ng Śini, ay nabihag si Sañjaya at ngayo’y nagbabalik na kasama siya.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic central to kṣatriya-dharma: the aim is not mere destruction but securing one’s side—protecting one’s own people while neutralizing hostile forces. It also shows that war includes restraint and control (taking a captive) alongside killing.
Sañjaya reports that the enemy has suffered heavy losses and that their own kinsmen have been safeguarded. He then points out that Sātyaki, a leading warrior of the Śini clan, has captured a man named Sañjaya and is returning with him as a prisoner.