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Shloka 15

किन्नु चित्रमितस्त्वद्य भग्नसक्थस्य यन्मम

kinnu citram itas tv adya bhagnasakthasya yan mama

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—আজি ইয়াত আশ্চৰ্য কি? মোৰ উৰু ভাঙি গৈছে, তথাপি মই এই অৱস্থাত আছোঁ—ইয়াত নৱল কি?

किम्what
किम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
नुindeed/then (emphatic particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
चित्रम्wonder/marvel
चित्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्र
Formneuter, nominative, singular
इतस्from here/thereafter (hence)
इतस्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतस्
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
भग्नसक्थस्यof (one) whose thigh is broken
भग्नसक्थस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootभग्नसक्थ
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
यत्which/that (relative)
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
ममof me/my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formgenitive, singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya

Educational Q&A

The line underscores a sober acceptance of consequences in war: once violence and adharma are unleashed, grievous injury and humiliation are no longer ‘surprising’ but a natural outcome of prior actions and the harsh logic of conflict.

Sanjaya reports a speaker reflecting on his shattered thigh and questioning why anyone should find his present state remarkable—framing the injury as an expected result of the unfolding battle events.