Shloka 77

Devanagari script

न तत्रासीद्‌ रणे राजन्‌ सोमकानां महारथ:

Transliteration

na tatrāsīd raṇe rājan somakānāṃ mahārathaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, in that battle there was no great chariot-warrior left among the Somakas—none capable of standing firm in the press of war.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आसीत्: was/existed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (आस्)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), past, 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सोमकानाम्: of the Somakas
• सोमकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• महारथः: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Somakas
• battle (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the human cost of war: when conflict escalates beyond restraint, even celebrated warrior houses can be left without protectors. It implicitly warns that power and fame are fragile before the consequences of collective violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, in that phase of the Kurukṣetra battle, no great chariot-warrior remained among the Somakas—indicating severe losses on that side.