Shloka 22

Bhīṣma–Karṇa Saṃvāda on the Śaraśayyā (भीष्म–कर्ण संवादः शरशय्यायाम्)

Devanagari script

कृपश्च कृतवर्मा च सैन्धवश्व जयद्रथ: । विन्दानुविन्दावावन्त्यौ नाजहु: संयुगं तदा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca saindhavaś ca jayadrathaḥ | vindānuvindāv āvantyau nājahūḥ saṃyugaṃ tadā | ekaikaṃ tribhir ānarccchat kaḍukabarhiṇavājitaiḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：当时，克利波与克利多伐摩，信度王子阇耶陀罗他，以及阿槃提的温达与阿奴温达，都未曾退出战斗。随后他以三支兀鹫翎羽之箭射中他们每一人，使其在阵中备受折磨。

Word by Word

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कृतवर्मा: Kritavarman
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सैन्धवः: the Sindhu-king (Saindhava)
• सैन्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• जयद्रथः: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विन्द: Vinda
• विन्द: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुविन्दौ: Anuvinda (the two: Vinda and Anuvinda)
• अनुविन्दौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• आवन्त्यौ: the two from Avanti
• आवन्त्यौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आवन्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अजहुः: they did not abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: हाऽ (जहाति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• संयुगम्: battle, combat
• संयुगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• एकैकम्: each one (individually)
• एकैकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• आनर्च्छत्: he struck/attacked (lit. reached upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (आ-ऋच्छति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कडुकबर्हिणवाजितैः: with arrows furnished with (kadūka-)peacock-feather-like wings
• कडुकबर्हिणवाजितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कडुक-बर्हिण-वाजित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Kṛtavarmā
• Jayadratha (Saindhava)
• Vinda
• Anuvinda
• Avanti
• battlefield (saṃyuga)
• arrows (three each)
• vulture-feathers (arrow-fletching)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness in one’s chosen role amid crisis: these warriors do not withdraw from combat, reflecting the kṣatriya ideal of endurance. Ethically, it also exposes the Mahābhārata’s tension between duty-driven valor and the grim reality of escalating harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṛpa, Kṛtavarmā, Jayadratha, and the Avanti brothers Vinda and Anuvinda remain in the fight. An opposing archer (implied from context) strikes each of them with three feather-fletched arrows, causing them acute distress on the battlefield.