Shloka 726

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

सारोहास्तुरगा: पेतुर्हतवीरा: सहस्रश: । टूटे-फूटे और अस्त-व्यस्त हुए कवच, अलंकार एवं आभूषणोंसहित सहसीरों घोड़े अपने बहादुर सवारोंके मारे जानेपर उनके साथ ही गिर पड़ते थे

Transliteration

sārohās turagāḥ petur hata-vīrāḥ sahasraśaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thousands of horses, their heroic riders slain, collapsed to the ground. With their armour, ornaments, and trappings broken and scattered in disarray, the horses fell together with the fallen warriors—an image of war’s ruthless cost and the fragility of martial glory.

Word by Word

• सारोहाः: riders
• सारोहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारोहीन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तुरगाः: horses
• तुरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पेतुः: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• हतवीराः: whose heroes (brave men) were slain / with slain warriors
• हतवीराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतवीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्
• Form: true

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses (turaga)
• riders/mounted warriors (sāroha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the impermanence of worldly splendour—armour and ornaments cannot shield life from death—and highlights the ethical gravity of war, where even the noble and brave fall in great numbers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath: as riders are killed, their horses also fall, amid broken armour and scattered adornments, conveying the scale and chaos of the fighting.