Shloka 35

Śalya Appointed as Karṇa’s Sārathi; Discourse on Praise, Blame, and Beneficial Counsel (कर्णस्य शल्यसारथ्यं तथा स्तवनिन्दाविचारः)

Devanagari script

रणे विव्याध सप्तत्या स्वर्णपुड्खै: शिलाशितै: । महाराज! कृतवर्माने रणभूमिमें सानपर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले सत्तर बाणोंसे ट्रुपदपुत्र शिखण्डीको घायल कर दिया || ३४ $ ।। ततो<स्य समरे बाणं भोज: प्रहरतां वर:

Transliteration

raṇe vivyādha saptatyā svarṇapuḍkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ | mahārāja! kṛtavarmāṇe raṇabhūmau śānopari caḍhākara teja kiye hue suvarṇamaya pakhaṅvāle sattara bāṇoṃ se drupadaputra śikhaṇḍī ko ghāyal kara diyā || 34 || tato 'sya samare bāṇaṃ bhojaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Tâu Đại vương, trong trận ấy, Kṛtavarmā đã dùng bảy mươi mũi tên lông vàng, được mài sắc trên đá, đâm trúng Śikhaṇḍī—con trai của Drupada—khiến chàng bị thương. Rồi ngay trong cuộc giao chiến đó, vị anh hùng Bhoja, bậc nhất trong những người ra đòn, lại phóng một mũi tên nhắm vào chàng.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अस्य: of him/this (his)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• भोजः: the Bhoja (king/warrior; here: Kṛtavarmā)
• भोजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रहरताम्: of those who strike/shoot
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: present participle (active), plural, genitive, masculine

• वरः: best, foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Drupada
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• gold-fletching (svarṇa-puḍkha)
• whetstone/stone sharpening (śilā-śita)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the grim precision of warfare and the kṣatriya code of relentless engagement: skill and resolve are praised, yet the scene also implicitly raises the ethical weight of violence—heroic excellence operates within a tragic field where injury and escalation are inevitable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛtavarmā wounds Śikhaṇḍī with seventy sharpened, gold-fletched arrows on the battlefield; immediately afterward, the Bhoja hero (Kṛtavarmā) continues the assault by shooting another arrow in the ongoing fight.