Shloka 27

Devanagari script

घ्नतैनमिति जल्पन्त: क्षत्रिया: समुपाद्रवन्‌ । महता शरवर्षेण च्छादयन्तो महारथा:

Transliteration

ghnatainam iti jalpantaḥ kṣatriyāḥ samupādravan | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa cchādayanto mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Crying, “Kill him!”, the Kṣatriya warriors rushed forward. Those great chariot-fighters then smothered him under a massive downpour of arrows.

Word by Word

• घ्नता: killing / striking
• घ्नता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• जल्पन्तः: speaking / shouting
• जल्पन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जल्प् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• क्षत्रियाः: Kshatriyas / warriors
• क्षत्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• समुपाद्रवन्: rushed upon / attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु) उपसर्ग: सम्+उप
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन भूत), प्रथम, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• महता: with great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शरवर्षेण: by a rain of arrows
• शरवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च्छादयन्तः: covering / veiling
• च्छादयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṣatriya warriors
• mahārathas
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how war amplifies collective passion—shouts of “Kill him!” and the overwhelming ‘rain of arrows’ show how easily restraint and discernment can be submerged by group aggression, raising implicit questions about proportionality and dharma in combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Kṣatriya fighters surge forward against a particular opponent and, as elite chariot-warriors, blanket him with an intense barrage of arrows, attempting to neutralize him through sheer concentrated missile-force.