Shloka 15

Devanagari script

किन्नु चित्रमितस्त्वद्य भग्नसक्थस्य यन्मम

Transliteration

kinnu citram itas tv adya bhagnasakthasya yan mama

Translation

Sanjaya said: “What, indeed, is so surprising in this today—that I, whose thigh has been shattered, should now be in this condition?”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• नु: indeed/then (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• चित्रम्: wonder/marvel
• चित्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• इतस्: from here/thereafter (hence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• भग्नसक्थस्य: of (one) whose thigh is broken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्नसक्थ
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मम: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores a sober acceptance of consequences in war: once violence and adharma are unleashed, grievous injury and humiliation are no longer ‘surprising’ but a natural outcome of prior actions and the harsh logic of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a speaker reflecting on his shattered thigh and questioning why anyone should find his present state remarkable—framing the injury as an expected result of the unfolding battle events.