Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अथोपयातत्त्वरितो दिदृक्षु- मन्त्रौषधीभिर्निरुजो विशल्य:

Transliteration

athopayāt tvarito didṛkṣu-

mantrauṣadhībhir nirujo viśalyaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dann eilte er voran, begierig, ihn zu sehen—nun schmerzfrei, der Pfeil herausgezogen, durch Mantras und heilende Kräuter wiederhergestellt. Die Zeile zeigt, wie selbst inmitten der Brutalität des Krieges Fürsorge, Wissen und rechtzeitige Hilfe einen verwundeten Krieger für einen Augenblick dem Leiden entreißen können.

Word by Word

अथthen

उपयातत्approached/came near

त्वरितःhastened, quickly

दिदृक्षुःwishing to see

मन्त्रौषधीभिःwith mantras and herbs/medicines

निरुजःfree from pain/disease

विशल्यःfree of arrows/splinters (having the dart removed)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mantra (incantations)

auṣadhi (medicinal herbs)

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?

Even in a setting governed by violence and duty, the tradition affirms the ethical value of relieving suffering: knowledge (mantra) and practical care (medicine) are portrayed as restoring wholeness and dignity to the wounded.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that someone quickly approaches, eager to see a warrior who has been made pain-free and had the embedded shaft removed through the use of mantras and medicinal herbs.