Shloka 30

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय २७: सुशर्माह्वानम्, अर्जुनस्य प्रतिनिवर्तनम्, भगदत्तेन गजप्रहारः

Devanagari script

युगपच्चैव संग्रामे शतशशो5थ सहसत्रश: । पतिता एव मे दृष्टा: संशप्तकमहारथा:,“इस संग्राममें मैंने सैकड़ों और हजारों संशप्तक महारथियोंको एक साथ ही गिरते देखा है”

Transliteration

yugapac caiva saṅgrāme śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ | patitā eva me dṛṣṭāḥ saṃśaptaka-mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “In this battle, I have seen the Saṃśaptaka great chariot-warriors falling—hundreds and even thousands—at the very same time.”

Word by Word

युगपत्simultaneously

चand

एवindeed/just

संग्रामेin the battle

शतशःby hundreds/in hundreds

अथand/then

सहस्रशःby thousands/in thousands

पतिताःfallen

एवindeed

मेof me/my

दृष्टाःseen

संशप्तक-महारथाःthe Samsaptaka great chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Saṃśaptakas

mahārathas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the brutal simultaneity and scale of destruction in war: even the most elite, vow-bound warriors (mahārathas among the Saṃśaptakas) can fall in vast numbers, highlighting the fragility of human power amid collective violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reports that he has witnessed the Saṃśaptaka great warriors being struck down in the battle in enormous numbers—hundreds and thousands—falling at once.