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Shloka 85

युवानमिन्दीवरदामवर्ण चेदिप्रभुं युवराजं॑ प्रसह । बाणैस्त्वरावान्‌ प्रज्वलिताग्निकल्पै- विंदृध्वा प्रादान्मृत्यवे साश्वसूतम्‌,तत्पश्चात्‌ शीघ्रता करनेवाले अभश्वत्थामाने प्रज्वलित अग्निके समान तेजस्वी बाणोंद्वारा नीलकमलकी मालाके समान कान्तिवाले नवयुवक चेदिदेशीय युवराजको हठपूर्वक घायल करके उन्हें घोड़ों और सारथिसहित मौतके हवाले कर दिया

yuvānam indīvaradāmavarṇaṃ cediprabhuṃ yuvarājaṃ prasah | bāṇais tvarāvān prajvalitāgnikalpair viddhvā prādān mṛtyave sāśvasūtam ||

قال سانجايا: وبسهامٍ سريعة متّقدة كالنار المشتعلة، ضرب أشڤاتّھاما بعنف وليَّ عهد تشيدي الفتيّ—داكن اللون كإكليلٍ من اللوتس الأزرق—وسلّمه إلى الموت مع خيوله وسائقه.

युवानम्the young (man)
युवानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootयुवन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इन्दीवरदामवर्णम्having the hue of a garland of blue lotuses
इन्दीवरदामवर्णम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइन्दीवरदामवर्ण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चेदिप्रभुम्the lord of Cedi
चेदिप्रभुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचेदिप्रभु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
युवराजम्the crown prince
युवराजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुवराज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रसहforcibly, violently
प्रसह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रसह
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
त्वरावान्swift, hasty
त्वरावान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्वरावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रज्वलिताग्निकल्पैःlike blazing fire
प्रज्वलिताग्निकल्पैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रज्वलिताग्निकल्प
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
विद्ध्वाhaving pierced/wounded
विद्ध्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
प्रादात्gave, delivered
प्रादात्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
मृत्यवेto death
मृत्यवे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
him
:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अश्वसूतम्together with horses and charioteer
अश्वसूतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वसूत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Aśvatthāmā
C
Cedi (Cedi-deśa)
C
Cedi crown prince (yuvarāja)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how war compresses moral space: prowess and speed become decisive, yet the ethical weight remains—youth, status, and even noncombatant attendants (charioteer, horses) are swept into death. It invites reflection on the dharmic tension between kṣatriya combat-duty and the human cost of relentless violence.

Sañjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā, acting with great speed, pierces the young Cedi heir-prince with fire-like arrows and kills him, along with his horses and charioteer—an emphatic battlefield kill described through vivid imagery (blue-lotus complexion; blazing arrows).