Shloka 356

Devanagari script

सो<पि मोहं जगामाथ ततत्रित्राड्रदासुत: । कौरव-धुरंधर वीर अर्जुनके धराशायी होनेपर चित्रांगदाकुमार बश्रुवाहन भी मूर्च्छित हो गया

Transliteration

so 'pi mohaṃ jagāmātha tatra citrāṅgadāsutaḥ | kaurava-dhurandharo vīra arjune dharāśāyini bhūte babhrūvāhano 'pi mūrcchitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then he too fell into bewilderment. There, Babhrūvāhana, the son of Citrāṅgadā, seeing the heroic Arjuna—the foremost bearer of the Kaurava burden—lying prostrate on the ground, also collapsed in a faint.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मोहम्: faintness/delusion
• मोहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went/entered (became)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तत्: that/thereupon
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्रित्राड्रदासुतः: the son of Tritrādrāda (proper name)
• त्रित्राड्रदासुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रित्राड्रदासुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna
• Citrāṅgadā
• Babhrūvāhana
• Kauravas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when conflict is framed within dharma, its human cost can overwhelm the mind; the verse highlights moral gravity, compassion, and the inner turmoil that follows harming or seeing harm to a revered warrior.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Arjuna is seen lying fallen on the ground, Babhrūvāhana—Citrāṅgadā’s son—becomes stunned with moha and faints as well, indicating shock and grief at Arjuna’s condition.