Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वहन्तो राक्षसं घोरं वालवन्तो जितश्रमा:

Transliteration

vahanto rākṣasaṃ ghoraṃ bālavan(to) jitaśramāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Portant avec eux un rākṣasa effroyable, ces jeunes guerriers—forts et infatigables—poussèrent en avant, leur ardeur demeurant intacte au cœur des rudes contraintes du combat.

Word by Word

• वहन्तः: carrying, bearing
• वहन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• राक्षसम्: the rākṣasa (demon)
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बलवन्तः: strong, powerful
• बलवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जितश्रमाḥ: having overcome fatigue; tireless
• जितश्रमाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the warrior-ideal of steadfast endurance: even amid terrifying forces (a ‘ghora rākṣasa’), disciplined fighters overcome exhaustion (jitaśramāḥ) and continue their duty in the battle’s harsh moral landscape.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes vigorous, tireless combatants carrying or conveying a fearsome rākṣasa—suggesting the movement of a formidable demonic fighter (or his body/charge) within the ongoing battle scene of the Droṇa Parva.