Shloka 43

धृतराष्ट्र–संजय संवादः: कर्ण–घटोत्कचयोर्निशायुद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Description of the Night Engagement of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

चक्रैः प्रमथितैश्ित्रैरक्षेश्न॒ बहुधा रणे । युगै्योक्त्रै: कलापैश्न धनुर्भि: सायकैस्तथा

Transliteration

cakraiḥ pramathitaiś citrair akṣaiś ca bahudhā raṇe | yugair yoktraiḥ kalāpaiś ca dhanurbhiḥ sāyakais tathā ||

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “In that battle, the chariots were shattered in many ways—by their wheels, by their variously broken axles, and likewise by yokes and reins; quivers were scattered, bows were snapped, and arrows lay strewn. Thus the field bore witness to the ruin that unchecked fury brings, where skill and valor, severed from restraint, turn even noble instruments into wreckage.”

Word by Word

चक्रैःwith wheels/discs

प्रमथितैःcrushed, churned, shattered

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

अक्षैःwith axles

चand

बहुधाin many ways; repeatedly

रणेin battle

युगैःwith yokes

योक्त्रैःwith harness-straps/ropes

कलापैःwith bundles/quivers (of arrows)

चand

धनुर्भिःwith bows

सायकैःwith arrows

तथाthus; likewise

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

chariot wheels (cakra)

axles (akṣa)

yokes (yuga)

reins/straps (yoktra)

quivers (kalāpa)

bows (dhanus)

arrows (sāyaka)

battlefield (raṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes