Shloka 24

Devanagari script

पाण्डवाश्व महाराज जित्वा शत्रून्‌ महामृथे

Transliteration

pāṇḍavāśva mahārāja jitvā śatrūn mahāmṛdhe

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O großer König, nachdem (er) in jenem gewaltigen Zusammenprall der Schlacht die Feinde besiegt hatte, (das Ross der Pāṇḍavas …)“.

Word by Word

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जित्वा: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महामृधे: in the great battle
• महामृधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामृध
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)
• Pāṇḍava (collective reference)
• aśva (horse)
• śatravaḥ (enemies)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds the epic’s war-ethos: victory in battle is presented as a concrete outcome of kṣatriya action, while Sañjaya’s role frames events as moral-political reportage to the king, reminding the listener that consequences in war arise from resolve, strategy, and dharma-bound duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses the king and begins describing a battlefield moment: in a great fight, the Pāṇḍava side’s horse (or a Pāṇḍava’s horse) is said to have ‘conquered the enemies,’ introducing or continuing a report of combat success.