Shloka 46

भीष्मरथाभिमुख्यं — Arjuna’s advance with Śikhaṇḍin; Duḥśāsana’s interception

Devanagari script

न हि पाण्डुसुता राजन्‌ ससैन्या: सपदानुगा: । रक्षन्ति समरे प्राणान्‌ कौरवा वापि संयुगे,राजन! सेना और सेवकोंसहित पाण्डव अथवा कौरव समरभूमिमें अपने प्राणोंकी रक्षा नहीं करते हैं--प्राणोंका मोह छोड़कर युद्ध कर रहे हैं

Transliteration

na hi pāṇḍusutā rājan sasainyāḥ sapadānugāḥ | rakṣanti samare prāṇān kauravā vāpi saṁyuge ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, neither the sons of Pāṇḍu—together with their troops and followers—nor the Kauravas in this battle are trying to preserve their lives. Casting off attachment to life, they are fighting in the clash of arms.

Word by Word

nanot

hiindeed/for

pāṇḍu-sutāḥsons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)

rājanO king

sa-sainyāḥtogether with (their) army

sa-pada-anugāḥtogether with followers/attendants

rakṣantiprotect/guard

samarein battle

prāṇānlives/breaths

kauravāḥthe Kauravas

vāor

apialso/even

saṃyugein combat/in the encounter

rājanO king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

Kauravas

army/troops

followers/attendants

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes