Shloka 7

दुःशासन-सहदेव-संक्षोभः; भीम-राधेय-गदायुद्धम्; द्रोण-पार्थ-अस्त्रसंग्रामः

Duhshasana–Sahadeva Clash; Bhima–Karna Mace Exchange; Drona–Arjuna Astra Duel

Devanagari script

निकत्तै्हस्तिहस्तैश्व चेष्टमानैरितस्तत:

Transliteration

nikṛttair hastihastaiś ca ceṣṭamānair itas tataḥ

Translation

কাটা হাতীৰ ধড় আৰু ছিন্ন শুঁড়-হাত এতিয়াও কঁপি কঁপি ছটফটাই আছিল; ৰণভূমিত ইফালে-সিফালে বিশৃঙ্খল হ’লচল উঠি আহিল।

Word by Word

निकत्तैःby/with those near (close ones)

हस्ति-हस्तैःby/with elephants and horses

चand

चेष्टमानैःby/with those moving/struggling

इतस्from here; hence

ततःfrom there; thence

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

elephants (hasti)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the brutal reality of war: even mighty beings like elephants are reduced to suffering fragments, highlighting the ethical cost of violence and the tragic consequences of unchecked conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

A battlefield scene is being described where severed elephant parts still writhe, and chaotic motion erupts in different places, intensifying the depiction of slaughter and confusion during the fighting.