Shloka 79

Devanagari script

जितो दुर्योधन: संख्ये पाण्डवैर्भीमविक्रमै: । एकादशचमूभर्ता भ्रातरश्नास्य सूदिता:,“भयंकर पराक्रमी पाण्डवोंने ग्यारह अक्षौहिणी सेनाके स्वामी राजा दुर्योधनको युद्धमें परास्त कर दिया और उसके भाइयोंको भी मार डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | jito duryodhanaḥ saṅkhye pāṇḍavair bhīmavikramaiḥ | ekādaśa-camū-bhartā bhrātaraś cāsya sūditāḥ |

Translation

قال سَنجايا: في ساحة القتال هُزِمَ دُريودَهَنَ—سيدُ إحدى عشرةَ جيشًا—على يد الباندافا ذوي البأس كبهِيما؛ وقُتِلَ إخوته أيضًا.

Word by Word

• जितः: defeated
• जितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त, कर्मणि (past passive participle), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: स्त्री, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• भीमविक्रमैः: of terrible valor
• भीमविक्रमैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमविक्रम
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• एकादश: eleven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश
• Form: नपुं (अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः), —, —

• चमू: army (division)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: स्त्री, —, —

• भर्ता: lord/master
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सूदिताः: slain/killed
• सूदिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सूद्
• Form: क्त, कर्मणि (past passive participle), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Duryodhana
• Pandavas
• Bhima
• Kaurava brothers
• eleven armies (camū)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical arc of the epic: worldly strength and vast armies cannot secure victory when leadership is rooted in adharma; the fruits of unjust ambition ripen as defeat and destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Duryodhana, commander of eleven military hosts, has been overcome in battle by the mighty Pandavas, and that Duryodhana’s brothers have also been slain.