Shloka 47

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

कुन्तिभोज श्र चैद्यश्व चक्षुर्भ्या तौ जनेश्वरी । दाशार्णका: प्रभद्राश्ष दाशेरकगणै: सह

Transliteration

Kuntibhojaś ca Caidyaś ca cakṣurbhyāṃ tau janeśvarī | Dāśārṇakāḥ Prabhadrāś ca Dāśerakagaṇaiḥ saha ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Königin, Kuntibhoja und der König von Cedi wurden beide niedergestreckt, ihres Augenlichts beraubt. Auch die Dāśārṇas und die Prabhadras fielen, zusammen mit den Scharen der Dāśerakas.“

Word by Word

कुन्तिभोजःKuntibhoja

चand

चैद्यःthe king of Chedi (Caidya)

चand

अश्वचक्षुर्भ्याम्with the two (kings) named Aśvacakṣus

तौthose two

जनेश्वरीO queen (lady of people)

दाशार्णकाःthe Daśārṇakas

प्रभद्राःthe Prabhadras

दाशेरकगणैःwith the troop(s) of the Dāśerakas

सहtogether with

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Gāndhārī (janeśvarī)

Kuntibhoja

King of Cedi (Caidya)

Dāśārṇas (Daśārṇa people)

Prabhadras

Dāśerakas

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 underscores the grim moral weight of war: even renowned kings and entire clans are reduced to suffering and ruin, reminding the listener that violence—though undertaken under kṣatriya codes—carries irreversible human cost.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the queen (Gāndhārī) the battlefield outcome: Kuntibhoja and the Cedi king are rendered sightless/struck down, and the Dāśārṇas and Prabhadras fall along with the Dāśeraka contingents—part of the ongoing tally of losses in the Kurukṣetra war.