Shloka 37

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

सत्यसेनो रथेषां तु नकुलस्य धनुस्तथा

Transliteration

satyaseno ratheṣāṁ tu nakulasya dhanus tathā

Translation

桑阇耶说：“在御者之中有真军（Satyasena）；同样，还有那俱罗的弓。”此句延续对战士与其战具的列举，强调在战争里，个人英勇与赖以尽责的器械与助力本不可分。

Word by Word

• सत्यसेनः: Satyasena (name; 'he whose army is truthful')
• सत्यसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथेषाम्: of chariots / among chariots
• रथेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नकुलस्य: of Nakula
• नकुलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Satyasena
• Nakula
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• chariots/charioteers (ratha/ratheṣām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse participates in a battlefield enumeration, implicitly teaching that dharma in war is enacted through preparedness and rightful use of one’s appointed means—warriors, chariots, and weapons—within the larger moral order of the conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is listing notable figures and their martial associations; here he mentions Satyasena in connection with chariots/charioteers and notes Nakula’s bow, as part of a broader roll-call of combatants and equipment in the Shalya Parva context.