Shloka 22

Devanagari script

प्रकीर्णकेशा विध्वस्ता न द्वावेकत्र धावत: । नेदमस्तीति मन्वाना हतोत्साहा हतौजस:,उन सबके बाल बिखरे हुए थे। वे गिरते-पड़ते भाग रहे थे। दो सैनिक एक साथ या एक ओर नहीं भागते थे। उन्हें विश्वास हो गया था कि अब यह सेना नहीं बचेगी; इसीलिये उनके उत्साह और बल नष्ट हो गये थे

Translation

Their hair was disheveled and their bodies battered; they ran stumbling, falling and rising again. No two soldiers fled together or in the same direction. Believing, “This army will not survive,” their spirit and strength were broken.

Word by Word

प्रकीर्णकेशाःwith disheveled hair

विध्वस्ताःshattered, routed

नnot

द्वौtwo (men/soldiers)

एकत्रtogether, in one place

धावतःrun

नnot

इदम्this

अस्तिis, exists

इतिthus

मन्वानाःthinking, believing

हतोत्साहाःwhose enthusiasm is destroyed

हतौजसःwhose strength/vigor is destroyed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes