Shloka 30
Devanagari script
प्रच्छाद्य पृथिवीं तस्थु: सर्वमायोधन प्रति । शरीराण्यशिरस्कानि विदेहानि शिरांसि च
Transliteration
pracchādya pṛthivīṃ tasthuḥ sarvam āyodhanaṃ prati | śarīrāṇy aśiraskāni videhāni śirāṃsi ca
Translation
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— পৃথিৱী ঢাকি পেলোৱা দৰে তেওঁলোক সমগ্ৰ যুদ্ধক্ষেত্ৰজুৰি পৰি আছিল। তাত শিৰবিহীন দেহ আৰু দেহবিহীন কটা শিৰ পৃথক পৃথককৈ পৰি আছিল।
Word by Word
प्रच्छाद्यhaving covered
प्रच्छाद्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-छाद्
Formल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), कर्तरि
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तस्थुःstood / remained
तस्थुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
सर्वम्all, the whole
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आयोधनम्battlefield
आयोधनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआयोधन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रतिtowards, in the direction of
प्रति:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
Formtrue
शरीराणिbodies
शरीराणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अशिरस्कानिheadless
अशिरस्कानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-शिरस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
विदेहानिbodiless / without bodies
विदेहानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-देह
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
शिरांसिheads
शिरांसि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Formtrue
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
pṛthivī (earth/ground)Ā
āyodhana (battlefield)Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse offers a stark visual of war’s aftermath—dismembered bodies covering the earth—serving as a moral reminder of the heavy, often irreparable consequences of violence and adharma-driven conflict.
The narrator describes a battlefield scene where the ground is covered with the dead: headless bodies and severed heads scattered, emphasizing the scale and horror of the fighting.