Shloka 713

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

Devanagari script

पपाताभिमुख: शूरो यन्त्रमुक्त इव ध्वज: । इससे उसका कवच फट गया, सारे अंग शिथिल हो गये, मुकुट और बाजूबंद गिर गये तथा शूरवीर सुदक्षिण मशीनसे फेंके गये ध्वजके समान मुँहके बल गिर पड़ा

Transliteration

papātābhimukhaḥ śūro yantramukta iva dhvajaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The heroic warrior fell headlong, like a banner released from its mechanism. His armor split, his limbs went slack, and his crown and armlets dropped away; and the valiant Sudakṣiṇa fell face-first, like a standard flung from a war-engine.”

Word by Word

पपातfell

अभिमुखःface-forward, headlong

शूरःthe hero/warrior

यन्त्रमुक्तःreleased/shot by a machine (engine)

इवas if, like

ध्वजःa banner/flag

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

dhvaja (banner/standard)

yantra (mechanism/device)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes