Shloka 15

अध्याय ९९ — युयुधान-दुःशासन-युद्धम्

Chapter 99: Sātyaki and Duḥśāsana’s engagement

Devanagari script

आकर्षन्त: शरीराणि शरीरावयवांस्तथा । नराश्वगजसंघानां शिरांसि च ततस्ततः:,मनुष्यों, घोड़ों तथा हाथियोंके समूहोंके सम्पूर्ण शरीरों और अवयवों एवं मस्तकोंको इधर-उधर खींचते थे

Transliteration

ākarṣantaḥ śarīrāṇi śarīrāvayavāṃs tathā | narāśvagajasaṅghānāṃ śirāṃsi ca tatastataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: They were dragging about, here and there, the bodies and severed limbs, and also the heads of the masses of men, horses, and elephants—an image of the battlefield’s ruthless aftermath, where the frenzy of war reduces living beings to scattered remains.

Word by Word

आकर्षन्तःthey were dragging/pulling

शरीराणिbodies

शरीर-अवयवान्limbs (parts) of the body

तथाand; likewise

नर-अश्व-गज-संघानाम्of the groups of men, horses, and elephants

शिरांसिheads

चand

ततःfrom there; thence

ततःfrom there; thence (here: here and there)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

men (nara)

horses (aśva)

elephants (gaja)

bodies

limbs

heads

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes