Mahābhārata · 7.92.12–13
॥
Devanāgarī
सात्यकिः कुरुराजेन निर्विद्धो बह्व् अशोभत ॥
अस्रवद् रुधिरं भूरि स्वरसं चन्दनो यथा ॥
सात्वतेन च बाणौघैर् निर्विद्धस् तनयस् तव ॥
शातकुम्भमयापीडो बभौ यूप इवोच्छ्रितः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
sātyakiḥ kururājena nirviddho bahv aśobhata ||
asravad rudhiraṃ bhūri svarasaṃ candano yathā ||
sātvatena ca bāṇaughair nirviddhas tanayas tava ||
śātakumbhamayāpīḍo babhau yūpa ivocchritaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सात्यकिः कुरुराजेनsātyakiḥ kururājenaSatyaki by the king of the Kurus; Satyaki, [struck] by the king of the Kurus
निर्विद्धः बहु अशोभतnirviddhaḥ bahu aśobhatapierced, shone greatly; pierced, shone brightly
अस्रवत् रुधिरम् भूरिasravat rudhiram bhūriblood flowed copiously; copiously flowed the blood
स्वरसम् चन्दनः यथाsvarasam candanaḥ yathālike the sandal tree its own sap; like sap from a sandalwood tree
सात्वतेन च बाणौघैःsātvatena ca bāṇaughaiḥand by the Satvata with floods of arrows; and by the Satvata with streams of arrows
निर्विद्धः तनयः तवnirviddhaḥ tanayaḥ tavapierced, your son; pierced, your son
शातकुम्भमयापीडःśātakumbhamayāpīḍaḥgolden-crested; with a golden crest
बभौ यूपः इव उच्छ्रितःbabhau yūpaḥ iva ucchritaḥshone, like a raised sacrificial post; shone, like an uplifted sacrificial stake
Traducción
Satyaki, pierced by the king of the Kurus, shone greatly; blood flowed copiously, as sap flows from a sandal tree. And your son, pierced by floods of arrows from the Satvata, golden-crested, shone like a raised sacrificial post.
Versión
f4e8bfc44e0a · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:08:02 UTC
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Both warriors, streaming with blood, shine with a beauty born of terror: Satyaki bleeds, "svarasaṃ candano yathā," as sandalwood yields its own sap, while Duryodhana is likened to "yūpa iva ucchritaḥ," a raised sacrificial post. It is telling that the instigator of the war is compared to a sacrificial stake — he himself will become the offering. The verse teaches that strife turns warriors into victims on the altar it has itself erected; and he who kindled it for the sake of a kingdom becomes like a sacrificial post — a doomed offering to the reckoning yet to come.