Shloka 55

Devanagari script

गजाश्न रथयोधाश्व परिपेतु: समन्ततः । विकीर्णाश्व रथा भूमौ भग्नचक्रयुगध्वजा:,वहाँ सब ओर हाथी तथा रथयोद्धा धराशायी हो रहे थे। पहिये, जुए और ध्वजोंके छिन्न-भिन्न हो जानेसे बहुसंख्यक रथ धरतीपर बिखरे पड़े थे

Transliteration

gajāś ca rathayodhāś ca paripetuḥ samantataḥ | vikīrṇāśva-rathā bhūmau bhagna-cakra-yuga-dhvajāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: All around, elephants and chariot-warriors were falling to the ground. On the earth lay countless chariots scattered about—horses and chariots in disarray—because their wheels, yokes, and banners had been shattered. The scene underscores the moral gravity of war: prowess and pride collapse into ruin, and the battlefield reduces all martial display to broken instruments and fallen bodies.

Word by Word

गजाःelephants

चand

रथयोधाःchariot-warriors

अश्वाःhorses

परिपेतुःfell down / lay prostrate

समन्ततःon all sides

विकीर्णाःscattered

अश्वाःhorses

रथाःchariots

भूमौon the ground

भग्नचक्रयुगध्वजाःwhose wheels, yokes, and flags were broken

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

elephants (gaja)

chariot-warriors (rathayodha)

horses (aśva)

chariots (ratha)

wheels (cakra)

yokes (yuga)

banners/standards (dhvaja)

earth/ground (bhūmi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes