Shloka 6

Droṇa’s Withdrawal, Death, and the Kaurava Rout (द्रोणनिधन-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

महारथसहस््राणि जषघ्नुरन्योन्यमाहवे

Transliteration

mahāratha-sahasrāṇi jaṣaghnur anyonyam āhave

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the press of battle, thousands of great chariot-warriors struck down one another—an image of war’s self-consuming fury, where prowess turns into mutual destruction and the moral cost of violence becomes starkly visible.

Word by Word

• महारथसहस्राणि: thousands of great chariot-warriors
• महारथसहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• जघ्नुः: slew / killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अन्योन्यम्: one another (mutually)
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)