Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ततो रथाश्चांश्व मनुष्ययाना- न्युत्सृज्य सर्वे कुरुपाण्डुयो धा: । दिवाकरस्याभिमुखं जपन्त: संध्यागता: प्राज्जलयो बभूवु:,तब समस्त कौरव-पाण्डव-सैनिक रथ, घोड़े तथा पालकी आदि सवारियोंको छोड़कर संध्या-वन्दनमें तत्पर हो सूर्यके सम्मुख हाथ जोड़कर वेदमन्त्रका जप करते हुए खड़े हो गये

Transliteration

tato rathāś cāśva-manuṣya-yānāny utsṛjya sarve kuru-pāṇḍavāḥ | divākarasyābhimukhaṃ japantaḥ sandhyāgatāḥ prāñjalayo babhūvuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then all the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas, setting aside their chariots and other conveyances drawn by horses or borne by men, turned to the Sandhyā rite. Facing the Sun, they stood with joined palms, reciting Vedic mantras—momentarily suspending the violence of war in deference to sacred duty.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

रथान्chariots

चand

अश्वान्horses

मनुष्ययानानिhuman-vehicles (palanquins etc.)

उत्सृज्यhaving abandoned/left

सर्वेall

कुरुपाण्डवाःKurus and Pandavas

दिवाकरस्यof the sun

अभिमुखम्facing, towards

जपन्तःreciting, muttering (mantras)

सन्ध्यागताःhaving reached the twilight (time), at evening

प्राञ्जलयःwith joined hands

बभूवुःthey became / stood

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kurus

Pāṇḍavas

Divākara (Sun)

ratha (chariot)

aśva (horse)

manuṣya-yāna (palanquin/litter)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes