Shloka 27

Devanagari script

निरस्तजिद्दानेत्रान्ता वाजिन: सह सादिभि: | पतिता: पात्यमानाश्ष क्षितौ क्षीणा विशेरते

Transliteration

nirasta-jihvā-netrāntā vājiṇaḥ saha sādibhiḥ | patitāḥ pātyamānāś ca kṣitau kṣīṇā viśerate ||

Translation

قال أرجونا: «إن الخيول، مع فرسانها، قد صُرِعت—ألسنتها متدلّية وزوايا أعينها بارزة. أُلقيت على الأرض وما تزال تُسقَط تباعًا، فترقد منهكةً على وجه التراب».

Word by Word

• निरस्त: thrown down, cast off
• निरस्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरस् (धातु) / निरस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जिह्वा: tongue
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नेत्र: eyes
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• अन्ताः: ends; extremities (i.e., protruding ends)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सादिभिः: with riders
• सादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादि (सादिन्/सादिन्-प्रातिपदिक; 'सवार/आरूढ')
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पतिताः: fallen
• पतिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (पत् धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पात्यमानाः: being made to fall, being felled
• पात्यमानाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) / पात्यमान (णिच्-प्रयोग, शानच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्षितौ: on the ground
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• क्षीणाः: exhausted, weakened
• क्षीणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण (क्षि धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विशेरते: lie down; rest; remain lying
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शी (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• horses (vājiṇaḥ)
• riders/horsemen (sādinaḥ)
• earth/ground (kṣiti)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the stark cost of war: not only warriors but also animals suffer grievously. In the Mahabharata’s ethical horizon, such imagery functions as a reminder that even when battle is undertaken under kṣatriya-dharma, its consequences are tragic and morally weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the thick of the Karṇa Parva battle, Arjuna describes the immediate battlefield scene: horses and their mounted riders on the Kaurava side are being struck down by his assault, collapsing to the ground in exhaustion and mortal agony.