Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: समरे मुमुचुस्तं रथोत्तमम्‌ । आयुधानि च सर्वाणि विस्रष्टमुपचक्रमु:,समरांगणमें बाणोंकी मार पड़नेपर उन्होंने अर्जुनके उस उत्तम रथको छोड़ दिया और उनके ऊपर अपने समस्त अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंको छोड़नेका प्रयास किया

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ samare mumucus taṃ rathottamam | āyudhāni ca sarvāṇi visraṣṭam upacakramuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck in the press of battle, they abandoned that excellent chariot and then attempted to hurl and discharge all their weapons against Arjuna.

Word by Word

तेthey

वध्यमानाःbeing struck/killed (being attacked)

समरेin battle

मुमुचुःthey released/let go/abandoned

तम्that (him/it)

रथोत्तमम्the best chariot

आयुधानिweapons

चand

सर्वाणिall

विस्रष्टम्to be discharged/let loose (as an act of releasing)

उपचक्रमुःthey began/undertook (to do)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

ratha (chariot)

āyudha (weapons)

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 highlights how, when overwhelmed in conflict, combatants may abandon position and act from urgency rather than composure—an ethical reminder that war compresses judgment and can push warriors toward desperate, indiscriminate exertion of force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Under heavy arrow-strikes in the battle, a group of fighters withdraws from (abandons) an excellent chariot associated with Arjuna and then tries to unleash all their weapons, indicating a sudden tactical shift under pressure.