Mahabharata 7.115.10 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 115, Shloka 10

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

द्विपारोहान ड्विपांश्चैव हयारोहान्‌ हयांस्तथा । रथिन:ः साश्वसूतांश्व जघानेश: पशूनिव

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

dvipārohān dvipāṃś caiva hayārohān hayāṃs tathā |

rathinaḥ sāśvasūtāṃś ca jaghāneśaḥ paśūn iva ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: إن ساتياكي قطع فرسانَ الفيلة والفيلةَ أنفسَها، وفرسانَ الخيل والخيلَ كذلك، ومقاتلي العجلات مع خيلهم وسُوّاقهم—كإيشا (شِيفا)، ربّ البهائم، حين يُهلك الحيوانات.

Word by Word

• द्विपारोहान्: elephant-riders
• द्विपारोहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विपारोह (द्विप + आरोह)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्विपान्: elephants
• द्विपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हयारोहान्: horse-riders
• हयारोहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयारोह (हय + आरोह)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हयान्: horses
• हयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• साश्वसूतान्: together with horses and charioteers
• साश्वसूतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साश्वसूत (स + अश्व + सूत)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• जघान: slew/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ईशः: the lord (Sātyaki, as master/hero)
• ईशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पशून्: beasts/animals
• पशून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• सात्यकि (Sātyaki)
• ईश / पशुपति (Īśa / Paśupati, Śiva)
• द्विप (elephants)
• हय (horses)
• रथिन् (chariot-warriors)
• सूत (charioteers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the grim reality of battlefield dharma: extraordinary skill can turn combatants into targets ‘like animals,’ and the Paśupati comparison intensifies the moral unease—power in war may be effective, yet it resembles indiscriminate slaughter when viewed from a higher ethical lens.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki is rampaging through the enemy ranks, killing elephant units (riders and elephants), cavalry (horsemen and horses), and chariot fighters along with their horses and charioteers.