Shloka 483

Devanagari script

निहतः सैन्धवो राजा त्वयास्त्रबलतेजसा । “तुमने अपने अस्त्रोंके बल और तेजसे शूरवीर राजाओंका वध करके दुर्योधनकी विशाल सेनाको रोककर सिन्धुराज जयद्रथको मार गिराया

Transliteration

nihataḥ saindhavo rājā tvayāstrabalatejasā |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Durch die Kraft und den Glanz deiner Waffen ist der König von Sindhu—Jayadratha—von dir erschlagen worden. Die Aussage betont, wie kriegerische Meisterschaft, von unbeirrbarer Entschlossenheit gelenkt, selbst ein gewaltiges feindliches Heer brechen kann; doch trägt sie auch das ethische Gewicht des Krieges, in dem der Sieg durch den Sturz berühmter Könige erkauft wird.

Word by Word

• निहतः: slain
• निहतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु) → निहत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सैन्धवः: the Sindhu-king (Jayadratha)
• सैन्धवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• अस्त्रबलतेजसा: by the power and brilliance of (your) weapons
• अस्त्रबलतेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र-बल-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saindhava (Jayadratha)
• Sindhu (kingdom/region)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the decisive power of disciplined martial skill (astra-bala-tejas) in war, while implicitly reminding that such triumphs occur through the grave act of taking life—an ethical tension central to kṣatriya-dharma in the epic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Sindhu king Jayadratha has been killed by the addressed warrior through the might and radiance of his weapons, indicating a major turning point where a prominent ally of the Kauravas falls.