Shloka 153

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय १६२: प्रातःसंध्यायां युद्धप्रवृत्तिः तथा रजोमेघे संमूढता

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा विनिहतान्‌ संख्ये पज्चालान्‌ सोमकै: सह । “सोमकोंसहित पांचालोंको युद्धमें मारा गया देख आज धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरके मनमें बड़ा निर्वेद (खेद एवं वैराग्य) होगा

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā vinihatān saṅkhye pāñcālān somakaiḥ saha |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing the Pāñcālas, together with the Somakas, slain on the battlefield, King Yudhiṣṭhira—son of Dharma—will today be seized by deep despondency and dispassion, shaken by the moral weight of such destruction.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• विनिहतान्: slain, killed
• विनिहतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिहत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाञ्चालान्: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सोमकैः: by/with the Somakas
• सोमकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāñcālas
• Somakas
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical aftermath of violence: even when war is pursued as duty, the sight of mass death can awaken profound remorse and detachment, especially in a ruler committed to dharma like Yudhiṣṭhira.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports the battlefield outcome—Pāñcāla and Somaka forces have been slain—and anticipates Yudhiṣṭhira’s inner reaction: intense sorrow and a turning away from the very enterprise of war.