Shloka 13

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरस्त्रिसप्तत्या प्रतिविन्ध्यश्न सप्तभि: । श्रुतकर्मा त्रिभि्बाणि: श्रुतकीर्तिश्व सप्तभि:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yudhiṣṭhiras trisaptatyā pratīvindhyaś ca saptabhiḥ |

śrutakarmā tribhir bāṇaiḥ śrutakīrtiś ca saptabhiḥ ||

(sutasomaḥ navabhiḥ śatānīkaś ca saptabhiḥ) iti bhāvārthaḥ |

Translation

三阇耶曰：尤提希提罗以七十三箭射中阿湿婆他曼；普罗提温陀耶以七箭；输罗多羯摩以三箭；输罗多吉尔底以七箭。（又有苏多索摩以九箭，舍多尼迦以七箭。）于是连同许多勇士，他们从四面八方使阿湿婆他曼遍体受创。

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रतिविन्ध्यः: Prativindhya
• प्रतिविन्ध्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिविन्ध्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तभिः: with seven (arrows)
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• श्रुतकर्मा: Śrutakarman
• श्रुतकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three (arrows)
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• श्रुतकीर्तिः: Śrutakīrti
• श्रुतकीर्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतकीर्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सप्तभिः: with seven (arrows)
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pratīvindhya
• Śrutakarman
• Śrutakīrti
• Sutasoma
• Śatānīka
• Aśvatthāman
• arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in the fury of battle, action is framed by kṣatriya-dharma: coordinated force is used to check a powerful adversary, not as mere cruelty but as disciplined execution of duty within a larger moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira and the Upapāṇḍava princes (Pratīvindhya, Śrutakarman, Śrutakīrti, Sutasoma, Śatānīka) shower Aśvatthāman with specified numbers of arrows, and other warriors also strike him, wounding him from all directions.