Shloka 523

Devanagari script

ट्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या निजघान महारथ: । इसके बाद महारथी युधिष्छिरने सत्तर बाणोंसे चन्द्रसेनको, नौ बाणोंसे शल्यके सारथिको और चौंसठ बाणोंसे ट्रमसेनको मार डाला

Transliteration

trumasenaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā nijaghāna mahārathaḥ |

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—মহাৰথীয়ে চৌষট্টি বাণে ত্ৰুমসেনক নিপাত কৰিলে। তাৰ পাছত যুধিষ্ঠিৰে সত্তৰ বাণে চন্দ্ৰসেনক, ন’বাণে শল্যৰ সাৰথিক, আৰু চৌষট্টি বাণে ত্ৰুমসেনকো সংহাৰ কৰিলে।

Word by Word

ट्रुमसेनम्Trumasena (as object)

चतुःषष्ट्याwith sixty-four (arrows)

निजघानstruck down / slew

महारथःthe great chariot-warrior

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Trumasena

Yudhiṣṭhira

Candrasena

Shalya

Shalya’s charioteer

arrows

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?

The verse reflects kṣatriya-dharma in its hardest form: when war is already joined, a ruler must act decisively and skillfully to protect his side and uphold his pledged duty, while keeping violence purposeful rather than wanton.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a sequence of battlefield kills: Trumasena is brought down with sixty-four arrows; additionally, Yudhiṣṭhira strikes down Candrasena with seventy arrows and kills Shalya’s charioteer with nine arrows.