Shloka 52

Rātri-yuddhe Droṇasya prahāraḥ — Bhīmasenasya dhārtarāṣṭra-śūrānām nigrahaḥ

Night Battle: Droṇa’s Assault and Bhīma’s Suppression of Dhārtarāṣṭra Warriors

Devanagari script

कच्चिद्‌ दुर्योधनो राजा फाल्गुनेन निपातितम्‌

Transliteration

kaccid duryodhano rājā phālgunena nipātitam

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—ৰাজা দুঃশাসন... (দুৰ্যোধন) কি ফাল্গুন (অৰ্জুন)ৰ হাতত নিপতিত হৈছে নেকি?

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether? (I hope/indeed?)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• फाल्गुनेन: by Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निपातितम्: struck down / felled
• निपातितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (participial)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Phālguna (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how adharma-driven power rests on fragile foundations: once the principal agent of wrongdoing (Duryodhana) is threatened, fear and uncertainty spread, underscoring that choices rooted in pride and injustice inevitably invite collapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield events, voices a worried inquiry about whether Arjuna (Phālguna) has already felled King Duryodhana—signaling a critical moment where the war’s outcome may decisively shift.