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Shloka 54

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

ततः स नरशार्दूल: प्रतिविन्धयं महाहवे । कुक्षिदेशेडवधीद्‌ राजन्‌ स हतो न्यपतद्‌ भुवि,उस बलवान वीरने द्रौपदीके पुत्रोंपर आक्रमण करके उन्हें खड़्गसे छिन्न-भिन्न कर दिया। राजन! उस समय पुरुषसिंह अश्वत्थामाने उस महासमरमें प्रतिविन्ध्यको उसकी कोखमें तलवार भोंककर मार डाला। वह मरकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा

tataḥ sa naraśārdūlaḥ prativindhyaṁ mahāhave | kukṣideśe 'vadhīd rājan sa hato nyapatad bhuvi ||

Sañjaya sprach: Dann erschlug Aśvatthāmā, ein Tiger unter den Menschen, Prativindhya in der großen Schlacht. O König, er traf ihn mit dem Schwert in der Bauchgegend, tötete ihn, und der Erschlagene stürzte zu Boden.

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरशार्दूलःtiger among men (great hero)
नरशार्दूलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनरशार्दूल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रतिविन्ध्यम्Prativindhya
प्रतिविन्ध्यम्:
Karma
TypeProperNoun
Rootप्रतिविन्ध्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
महाहवेin the great battle
महाहवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहाहव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कुक्षिदेशेin the region of the belly (in the abdomen)
कुक्षिदेशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुक्षिदेश
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अवधीत्killed, slew
अवधीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवध्
FormAorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हतःkilled, slain
हतः:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
न्यपतत्fell down
न्यपतत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, नि
भुविon the ground, on the earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभू
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
A
Aśvatthāmā
P
Prativindhya
K
khadga (sword)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how vengeance and rage in war can eclipse dharma: the killing is described with stark physicality, pointing to the moral collapse of a night-raid where compassion and the codes of fair combat are cast aside.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Aśvatthāmā, in the course of the Sauptika episode, stabs Prativindhya in the abdomen with a sword, killing him; the slain warrior falls to the ground.