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Shloka 4

सहि शादद्धतं द्रोणं द्रोणपुत्रं च षड्‌ रथान्‌ | सूतपुत्रं च भीष्मं च चकार विमुखाउछरै:,उसीने कृपाचार्य, द्रोणाचार्य, अश्वत्थामा, कर्ण, भीष्म और दुर्योधन--इन छहों महारथियोंको अपने बाणोंसे मारकर युद्धसे भगा दिया। वहाँ जैसे यूथयति गजराज अपने झुंडके हाथियोंसहित भागा जाता हो, उसी प्रकार दुर्योधन और विकर्ण आदि राजपुत्र भयभीत होकर भागने लगे; तब उस महाबली देवपुत्रने दुर्योधनसे कहा--

sa hi śarāhataṁ droṇaṁ droṇaputraṁ ca ṣaḍ rathān | sūtaputraṁ ca bhīṣmaṁ ca cakāra vimukhān śaraiḥ ||

Uttara sprach: „Er war es, der sie mit seinen Pfeilen traf und Droṇa und Droṇas Sohn (Aśvatthāmā) sowie die sechs großen Wagenkämpfer—darunter Karṇa, der Sohn eines Wagenlenkers, und auch Bhīṣma—vom Schlachtfeld zurücktrieb und zum Rückzug zwang.“

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
षट्six
षट्:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootषष्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
रथान्chariot-warriors / chariots
रथान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
द्रोणम्Drona
द्रोणम्:
Karma
TypeProperNoun
Rootद्रोण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
द्रोणपुत्रम्Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)
द्रोणपुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeProperNoun
Rootद्रोणपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सूतपुत्रम्the charioteer's son (Karna)
सूतपुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeProperNoun
Rootसूतपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भीष्मम्Bhishma
भीष्मम्:
Karma
TypeProperNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चकारmade / caused / did
चकार:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
विमुखान्turned away; routed
विमुखान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुख
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उच्छ्रैःwith lofty (arrows/feats); by powerful means
उच्छ्रैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootउच्छ्रि (उद्+श्रि)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

उत्तर उवाच

U
Uttara
D
Droṇa
A
Aśvatthāmā (Droṇaputra)
K
Karṇa (Sūtaputra)
B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Even in war, power is to be guided by dharma: the superior warrior uses skill and measured force to stop wrongdoing and protect others, not to gratify hatred. The verse praises victory that compels retreat rather than needless slaughter.

Uttara recounts how the hero (Arjuna, though concealed in the Virāṭa court) struck famed Kaurava champions with arrows and made them turn back from battle, emphasizing the rout of even the most celebrated warriors.