Shloka 93

Devanagari script

मामकस्यास्य सैन्यस्य हतोत्सेधस्य संजय । अवशेषं न पश्यामि ककुदे मृदिते सति

Transliteration

māmakasyāsya sainyasya hatotsedhasya sañjaya | avaśeṣaṃ na paśyāmi kakude mṛdite sati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh Sañjaya, de este ejército mío —ya abatido en su orgullo y en su poder— no veo resto alguno, una vez que su “cima” ha sido hollada.»

Word by Word

मामकस्यof my (side)

अस्यof this

सैन्यस्यof the army

हतslain, destroyed

उत्सेधस्यof the eminence/strength (lit. 'rising up')

संजयO Sañjaya

अवशेषम्a remainder, what is left

नnot

पश्यामिI see

ककुदेon the summit/crest (metaph. 'main support')

मृदितेwhen (it is) crushed

सतिbeing; when (it is) so

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sañjaya

Kaurava army (māmakāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how quickly martial power and collective pride collapse once the central support—leadership, morale, or the ‘crest’ of strength—is crushed; it reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring warning about the fragility of power founded on adharma and arrogance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a grim assessment addressed to Sañjaya: the speaker sees virtually no survivors or effective remainder of the Kaurava host, describing it as already brought low and its chief strength trampled down amid the devastation of the war.