Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 38
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
अर्जुन वासुदेवं च शरवर्षरवाकिरन् । तब वे त्रिगर्तदेशीय महारथी एक साथ होकर अर्जुन और श्रीकृष्णको अपने बाणोंकी वर्षसे आच्छादित करने लगे ।।
sañjaya uvāca | arjunaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca śaravarṣair avākiran | tataḥ te trigartadeśīyā mahārathā ekasāthaṃ bhūtvā arjunaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ ca bāṇavarṣair ācchādayām āsuḥ || satyakarmāṇam ārakṣipya kṣurapreṇa mahāyaśāḥ śiraś ciccheda sahasā taptakuṇḍalabhūṣaṇam | prabho! tadā mahāyaśasā pāṇḍunandanena arjunena kṣurapreṇa satyakarmāṇam abhihatyāsya rathasya īṣāṃ (harṣāṃ) ciccheda | tataḥ sa mahāyaśā vīraḥ śilāparitejitena kṣurapreṇa tasya taptasuvarṇakuṇḍalabhūṣitaṃ mastakaṃ sahasā ciccheda ||
三阇耶说道：特里伽尔塔的勇士们以箭雨笼罩阿周那与婆苏提婆（奎师那），欲以飞矢风暴将英雄与御者一并淹没。随后，般度之子阿周那以剃刃般锋利之箭射向萨提亚迦尔曼，斩断其战车之辕；紧接着又以在石上磨砺得极其锐利的剃刃箭，迅疾果决地斩落萨提亚迦尔曼的首级——其首尚饰着灼热的金耳环。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh moral landscape of war: coordinated aggression invites decisive counteraction, and martial excellence—when exercised within a warrior’s role—brings swift consequences. It also frames Krishna’s presence beside Arjuna as steady guidance amid chaos, while not softening the reality of violence.
Trigarta’s elite chariot-warriors jointly shower Arjuna and Krishna with arrows. Arjuna responds by striking Satyakarman: first severing the chariot’s pole, then cutting off Satyakarman’s head with a razor-edged, stone-whetted arrow.