Shloka 333

Devanagari script

शून्या: कृता रथोपस्था हताश्न गजवाजिन: । “लगातार दस दिनोंतक तुम्हारी सेनाका विनाश करते हुए भीष्मजीने असंख्य रथोंकी बैठकें सूनी कर दीं, बहुत-से हाथी और घोड़े मार डाले

Transliteration

śūnyāḥ kṛtā rathopasthā hatāś ca gajavājinaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Die Standflächen vieler Wagen wurden leer, und auch Elefanten und Pferde wurden erschlagen.“ Zehn Tage lang, während er euer Heer unablässig vernichtete, machte Bhīṣma die Plätze auf unzähligen Streitwagen verwaist und tötete viele Elefanten und Rosse.

Word by Word

• शून्याः: empty, void
• शून्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कृताः: made, rendered
• कृताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• रथोपस्थाः: chariot-seats/platforms
• रथोपस्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथोपस्थ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• हताः: slain
• हताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्न: stone (as a missile)
• अश्न: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्न्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजवाजिनः: elephants and horses
• गजवाजिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजवाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariots (ratha)
• chariot-platforms/seats (rathopastha)
• elephants (gaja)
• horses (vājin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the stark consequence of warfare: even heroic effort results in emptied chariots and slain mounts, reminding the listener of the heavy cost and moral gravity that accompanies kṣatriya conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports battlefield devastation—many chariots have been rendered riderless/empty, and large numbers of elephants and horses have been killed—conveying the scale and intensity of the ongoing combat.