Shloka 49

Devanagari script

आश्चर्य सिन्धुराजस्य वधं जानन्ति पार्थिवा:

Transliteration

āścaryaṃ sindhurājasya vadhaṃ jānanti pārthivāḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Los reyes supieron de la asombrosa muerte del soberano de Sindhu—un suceso que se propagó por el campo de batalla como señal de cuán velozmente el destino y el valor pueden derribar incluso el poder real en la guerra.

Word by Word

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder; something astonishing
• आश्चर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सिन्धुराजस्य: of the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)
• सिन्धुराजस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धुराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वधम्: killing; slaying
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जानन्ति: they know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिवाः: kings; rulers
• पार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• सिन्धुराज (Sindhurāja, king of Sindhu)
• पार्थिवाः (kings/rulers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even kings are subject to the sudden reversals of war and destiny; power and status do not shield one from the consequences of conflict and prior actions, and extraordinary events quickly become moral and strategic signals to all rulers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the assembled kings learn of the remarkable slaying of the Sindhu ruler; the news spreads across the battlefield, marking the event as notable and consequential for the course of the war.