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Shloka 386

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७

Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts

जल त्यक्त्वा प्रधावन्ति क्रोशमाना: परस्परम्‌ । “अर्जुन! कितने ही योद्धा पानी लानेके लिये गये, इसी बीचमें पानी चाहनेवाले बहुत-से वीरोंके प्राण निकल गये। वे शूरवीर जब पानी लेकर लौटे हैं, तब अपने उन सम्बन्धियोंको चेतनारहित देखकर पानीको वहीं फेंक परस्पर चीखते-चिल्लाते हुए चारों ओर दौड़ रहे हैं

jalaṁ tyaktvā pradhāvanti krośamānāḥ parasparam |

সঞ্জয় ক’লে—তেওঁলোকে পানী তাতেই ত্যাগ কৰি, পৰস্পৰক চিঞৰি মাতি, সকলো দিশে দৌৰি ফুৰে। কিছুমান যোদ্ধা পানী আনিবলৈ গৈছিল; সেই সময়তে তৃষ্ণাত কাতৰ বহু বীৰৰ প্ৰাণ গ’ল। তেওঁলোকে পানী লৈ উভতি আহি নিজৰ আত্মীয়ক অচেতন দেখি শোকত বিহ্বল হৈ পানী তাতেই পেলাই, পৰস্পৰ বিলাপ কৰি চাৰিওফালে দৌৰি ফুৰে।

जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्यक्त्वाhaving thrown away
त्यक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite
प्रधावन्तिthey run about
प्रधावन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootधाव्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
क्रोशमानाःcrying out, wailing
क्रोशमानाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्रुश्
Formशानच् (present active participle, Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
परस्परम्mutually, to one another
परस्परम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर
Formtrue

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
W
water (jala)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the devastating moral and emotional fallout of war: practical duties (bringing water to the wounded) are eclipsed by shock and grief when death has already occurred. It implicitly warns that violence multiplies suffering beyond the immediate act of killing, unraveling composure, duty, and human bonds.

On the battlefield, some warriors had gone to fetch water for those suffering from thirst. When they return, they find their relatives and comrades already unconscious or dead; in despair they throw down the water and run about, crying to one another.