शैनेयाभ्यवपत्तिं ते जानाम्य् आचार्यघातिनः ॥
न त्व् एनं त्रास्यसि मया ग्रस्तम् आत्मानम् एव च ॥
एवम् उक्त्वार्करश्म्याभं सुपर्वाणं शरोत्तमम् ॥
व्यसृजत् सात्वते द्रौणिर् वज्रं वृत्रे यथा हरिः ॥
स तं निर्भिद्य तेनास्तः सायकः सशरावरम् ॥
विवेश वसुधां भित्त्वा श्वसन् बिलम् इवोरगः ॥
śaineyābhyavapattiṃ te jānāmy ācāryaghātinaḥ ||
na tv enaṃ trāsyasi mayā grastam ātmānam eva ca ||
evam uktvārkaraśmyābhaṃ suparvāṇaṃ śarottamam ||
vyasṛjat sātvate drauṇir vajraṃ vṛtre yathā hariḥ ||
sa taṃ nirbhidya tenāstaḥ sāyakaḥ saśarāvaram ||
viveśa vasudhāṃ bhittvā śvasan bilam ivoragaḥ ||
"Shaineya, I know your championing of the killer of the Acharya [Dhrishtadyumna]; but you will save neither him, seized by me, nor yourself." So saying, Drauni loosed at the Satvata [Satyaki] a foremost, well-jointed arrow like a ray of the sun, as Hari [Indra] loosed the vajra at Vritra. That arrow, loosed by him, piercing him together with his armor, entered the earth, piercing it, like a hissing serpent into its hole.
5ff3bd4603a3 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 5:12:46 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Ashvatthaman's arrow pierces Satyaki's armor and buries itself in the earth like a serpent into its hole: its force rivals Indra's vajra. It is significant that even the most valiant Satyaki cannot withstand him -- in this hour Ashvatthaman is unconquerable. The verse teaches that there comes an hour when one warrior surpasses all, driven by grief and fury; and his terrible power is not triumph but a storm of retribution before which even the strongest must bow.