Shloka 22

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

रथिना ताडितो नागो नाराचेनापतत्‌ क्षितौ,किसी रथीने नाराचके द्वारा गजराजपर आघात किया और वह धराशायी हो गया। किसी हाथीके वेगपूर्वक आघात करनेपर सवारसहित घोड़ा धरतीपर ढेर हो गया। इस प्रकार वहाँ मर्यादाशून्य अत्यन्त भयंकर एवं महान्‌ युद्ध होने लगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rathinā tāḍito nāgo nārācena apatat kṣitau |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck by a chariot-warrior with a nārāca arrow, the great elephant collapsed upon the earth. Thus, as mounts and riders were felled by force and missile alike, a dreadful and vast battle arose there—one that had slipped beyond all bounds of restraint, revealing the ethical breakdown that accompanies unbridled violence in war.

Word by Word

रथिनाby a charioteer

ताडितःstruck

नागःthe elephant

नाराचेनwith an iron arrow (nārāca)

अपतत्fell

क्षितौon the ground

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

rathin (chariot-warrior)

nāga (war-elephant)

nārāca (missile/arrow)

kṣiti (earth/ground)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes