Shloka 9

Adhyāya 140: Rātriyuddhe Droṇa-prāpti-prayatnaḥ

Night engagement and the attempt to reach Droṇa

Devanagari script

वारणै: पतितै राजन्‌ वाजिभिश्न नरै: सह । अदृश्यत मही कीर्णा वातभग्नैरिव द्रुमै:,राजन! वहाँ गिरे हुए हाथियों, घोड़ों और पैदल मनुष्योंद्वारा ढकी हुई वह रणभूमि आँधीके उखाड़े हुए वृक्षोंसे आच्छादित-सी दिखायी देती थी

Transliteration

vāraṇaiḥ patitai rājann vājibhiś ca naraiḥ saha | adṛśyata mahī kīrṇā vātabhagnair iva drumaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, the earth was seen strewn with fallen elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers. That battlefield looked as though it were covered with trees torn down by a violent wind—an image that underscores the ruin and moral weight of war’s destruction.

Word by Word

वारणैःby elephants

पतितैःfallen

राजन्O king

वाजिभिःby horses

नरैःby men

सहtogether with

अदृश्यतwas seen/appeared

महीthe earth/ground

कीर्णाstrewn, covered

वातby wind

भग्नैःbroken, uprooted

इवlike, as if

द्रुमैःby trees

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

elephants

horses

foot-soldiers

battlefield/earth (mahī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes