Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तौ हताश्वौ विभिन्नाज्ै धृतराष्ट्रात्मजावुभौ । अभिपत्य रथैरन्यैरपनीतौ पदानुगै:,घोड़ोंके मारे जाने और शरीरके बिंध जानेपर उन दोनों धृतराष्ट्रकुमारोंक पास उनके सेवक आ पहुँचे और उन्हें दूसरे रथपर डालकर अन्यत्र हटा ले गये

Transliteration

tau hatāśvau vibhinnājai dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajāv ubhau | abhipatya rathair anyair apanītau padānugaiḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: لما قُتلت خيولُهما واخترقت السهامُ جسديهما، أسرع خَدَمُهما إلى ابني دِهريتاراشترا هذين، فجاؤوا بعرباتٍ أخرى، وحملوهما عليها، وأبعدوهما عن الموضع—خدمةٌ وفيةٌ وسط ضرورات القتال القاسية.

Word by Word

तौthose two

हताश्वौwhose horses were slain

विभिन्नैःwith (their) pierced/wounded (limbs/bodies)

धृतराष्ट्रात्मजौthe two sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

उभौboth

अभिपत्यhaving rushed up / having approached

रथैःby/with chariots

अन्यैःwith other (ones)

अपनीतौwere carried away / removed

पदानुगैःby attendants/followers (lit. those who follow at the feet)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Dhārtarāṣṭras)

attendants/followers (padānugāḥ)

chariots (rathāḥ)

horses (aśvāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in warfare, duty expresses itself through steadfast service: attendants protect and evacuate wounded leaders, showing loyalty and responsibility amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, left without horses and wounded, are approached by their foot-attendants, who bring other chariots and remove them from danger.