Shloka 573

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

निपतन्तमपश्याम गिरिशृज्भमिवाहतम्‌ । महात्मा पाण्डुपुत्रके द्वारा कटकर गिरते हुए उस ध्वजको हमलोगोंने वज्ञजके आघातसे टूटकर नीचे गिरनेवाले पर्वत-शिखरके समान देखा था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | nipatantam apaśyāma giriśṛṅgam ivāhatam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: We saw it falling—like a mountain-peak struck down. Thus, the great banner of the son of Pāṇḍu, cut at its base, toppled and descended, resembling a crag shattered by a mighty blow. The image underscores how, in war, even the proudest emblems of power are rendered fragile when fate and force converge.

Word by Word

• निपतन्तम्: falling down
• निपतन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: निपत् (धातु) → निपतन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्याम: we saw
• अपश्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 1st, Plural, परस्मैपद

• गिरिशृङ्गम्: a mountain-peak
• गिरिशृङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आहतम्: struck, smitten
• आहतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आहन् (धातु) → आहत (क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍuputra (son of Pāṇḍu)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• giriśṛṅga (mountain peak)