Shloka 346

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

अपश्यच्छयने सुप्तमुत्तमौजसमन्तिके । इस प्रकार धृष्टद्युम्म और उसके सेवकोंका वध करके अभश्व॒त्थामाने निकटके ही खेमेमें पलंगपर सोये हुए उत्तमौजाको देखा

Transliteration

apaśyac chayane suptam uttamaujasaṃ antike |

Translation

Sañjaya said: After slaying Dhṛṣṭadyumna and his attendants, Aśvatthāmā saw Uttamaujā lying asleep upon a bed in a nearby tent. The scene marks the moral collapse of the night-raid: the warrior is not met in open combat, but found defenseless in sleep, so that victory becomes slaughter rather than a dharmic duel.

Word by Word

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शयने: on the bed
• शयने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुप्तम्: sleeping
• सुप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमौजसम्: Uttamaujā
• उत्तमौजसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तमौजस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तिके: nearby
• अन्तिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तिक
• Form: true

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā
• Uttamaujā
• bed (śayana)
• nearby tent/camp (implied by antike and narrative context)