Shloka 583

Devanagari script

हतानि च विकीर्णानि शरीराणि शरीरिणाम्‌ | माननीय नरेश! उस युद्धमें रथोंके समूह परस्पर सटे हुए ही दिखायी देते थे और देहधारियोंके शरीर मरकर बिखरे हुए थे

Transliteration

hatāni ca vikīrṇāni śarīrāṇi śarīriṇām |

Translation

Bhīmasena said: “The bodies of embodied beings lay slain and scattered about.” The line underscores the grim moral cost of battle—life reduced to lifeless matter—serving as a stark reminder of the devastation that follows when dharma is pursued through violent necessity on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• हतानि: slain, killed
• हतानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विकीर्णानि: scattered, strewn about
• विकीर्णानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कृ (धातु) → विकीर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शरीराणि: bodies
• शरीराणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शरीरिणाम्: of embodied beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• bodies of warriors (śarīrāṇi)
• embodied beings (śarīriṇaḥ)