Shloka 67

अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः

Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना भीमेन गजा राजन विदुद्रुवु:

Transliteration

te vadhyamānā bhīmena gajā rājan vidudruvuḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: O König, die von Bhīma niedergemachten Elefanten brachen aus der Ordnung und flohen in Panik.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain / being killed
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीमेन: by Bhima
• भीमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गजाः: elephants
• गजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विदुद्रुवुः: fled away / ran off
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• elephants (war-elephants)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores a battlefield truth with ethical resonance: sheer strength and steadfast courage can shatter even formidable formations, while fear spreads quickly when leadership and morale collapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma is striking down the war-elephants, and the surviving elephants, unable to withstand him, flee in disorder from the field.