Shloka 58

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

यथोक्तं वरुणेनाजी तथा स निधनं गत: । व्यसुश्चाप्पपतद्‌ भूमौ प्रेक्षतां सर्वधन्विनाम्‌,वरुणदेवने जैसा कहा था, युद्धभूमिमें श्रुतायुधकी उसी प्रकार मृत्यु हुई। वे सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंके देखते-देखते प्राणशून्य होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े

Transliteration

yathoktaṁ varuṇenājau tathā sa nidhanaṁ gataḥ | vyasuś cāpatat bhūmau prekṣatāṁ sarva-dhanvinām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Just as Varuṇa had foretold, so did he meet his end on the battlefield. Before the eyes of all the archers, he fell to the earth bereft of life—an ominous confirmation that in war, a divine condition or curse, once set in motion, ripens inexorably into fate.”

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

उक्तम्said, spoken

वरुणेनby Varuṇa

अजिin battle

तथाso, thus, in that manner

सःhe

निधनम्death, destruction

गतःwent to, reached

व्यसुःlifeless, without breath

चand

अपपतत्fell down

भूमौon the ground

प्रेक्षताम्of those watching

सर्वall

धन्विनाम्of the bowmen/archers

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Varuṇa

battlefield (āja)

earth/ground (bhūmi)

archers/bowmen (dhanvin)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes