Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तथा सेनामुखे तत्र निहते पार्थ पाण्डवै:

Transliteration

tathā senāmukhe tatra nihate pārtha pāṇḍavaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “And then, there on the very front of the army, when Pārtha had been struck down by the Pāṇḍavas, …”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सेनामुखे: in the van/front of the army
• सेनामुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनामुख
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• निहते: when/after (it was) slain; in the slain (state)
• निहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Pāṇḍavas
• army vanguard (senāmukha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the Mahābhārata’s war-ethic: outcomes in battle—especially at the army’s forefront—carry immediate moral and strategic consequences, reminding readers that heroic action (and its results) is inseparable from responsibility within kṣatriya-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his battlefield report, describing a critical moment occurring at the vanguard of the forces, where Pārtha (Arjuna) is said to have been struck down/slain by the Pāṇḍavas, setting up the next development in the combat narration.