Shloka 10
Devanagari script
सा नाशकद् यदा गन्तुं पदात् पदमपि स्वयम्
Transliteration
sā nāśakad yadā gantuṃ padāt padam api svayam
Translation
Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Cuando ya no pudo avanzar por sí misma ni un solo paso, quedó manifiesta su impotencia.
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अशकत्was able
अशकत्:
TypeVerb
Rootशक्
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
यदाwhen
यदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
गन्तुम्to go
गन्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormInfinitive (Tumun)
पदात्from a step/footing
पदात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
पदम्a step
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपिeven
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
स्वयम्by herself
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaA
an unnamed woman (sā)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
The verse highlights the vulnerability of embodied beings: even determination can be halted by physical collapse. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape, such moments invite compassion and remind readers that the costs of war extend beyond victory and defeat into exhaustion, grief, and helplessness.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that a woman (referred to simply as “she”) reaches a point where she cannot proceed even one step by herself, indicating extreme fatigue or incapacity within the ongoing events of Śalya-parvan.