Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तौ हताश्लौ हतरथौ पाण्डवौ भूशविक्षतौ । भ्रातरावारुरुहतु: सहदेवरथं तदा,घोड़ों एवं रथोंके नष्ट हो जानेपर अत्यन्त घायल हुए वे दोनों भाई पाण्डव उस समय सहदेवके रथपर जा चढ़े

Transliteration

tau hatāśvau hatarathau pāṇḍavau bhūśavikṣatau | bhrātarāv āruruhatuḥ sahadevarathaṃ tadā ||

Translation

ঘোঁৰা নিহত আৰু ৰথ ধ্বংস হোৱাত, ধূলিৰে আৱৃত আৰু গুৰুতৰভাৱে আহত সেই দুজন পাণ্ডৱ ভ্ৰাতা তেতিয়া সহদেৱৰ ৰথত উঠিল।

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• हताश्वौ: with horses slain
• हताश्वौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• हतरथौ: with chariot destroyed
• हतरथौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पाण्डवौ: the two Pandavas
• पाण्डवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भूशविक्षतौ: wounded all over the body
• भूशविक्षतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूशविक्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भ्रातरौ: the two brothers
• भ्रातरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• आरुरुहतुः: they mounted / climbed up
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• सहदेवरथम्: Sahadeva's chariot
• सहदेवरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेवरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then / at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava brothers (two)
• Sahadeva
• Sahadeva’s chariot
• horses
• chariot

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid catastrophic loss, one should uphold duty through steadiness and cooperation; the brothers’ regrouping on Sahadeva’s chariot highlights solidarity and pragmatic action rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two Pāṇḍava brothers, having lost their horses and chariot and being badly wounded, abandon their ruined position and mount Sahadeva’s chariot to continue the battle.