Shloka 143

Devanagari script

भारद्वाजेन विक्रम्य गमितो यमसादनम्‌ । सेनासहित भोजराज महारथी अंशुमानको भरद्वाजनन्दन द्रोणने पराक्रम करके यमलोक पहुँचाया है

Transliteration

Bhāradvājena vikramya gamito yamasādanam | senāsahito bhojarājaḥ mahārathī aṁśumānakaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Subjugué par la vaillance du fils de Bhāradvāja (Droṇa), le roi bhoja Aṁśumānaka—éminent guerrier de char—fut envoyé au séjour de Yama, avec ses troupes.

Word by Word

भारद्वाजेनby Bharadvaja's son (Drona)

विक्रम्यhaving advanced / exerting prowess

गमितःwas sent / was made to go

यमसादनम्to Yama's abode (the realm of death)

सेनासहितःtogether with (his) army

भोजराजःthe king of the Bhojas

महारथीthe great chariot-warrior

अंशुमान्Anshuman (proper name)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhāradvāja-putra (Droṇa)

Aṁśumānaka

Bhoja king (Bhojarāja)

Yama

Yamasādana (Yama’s abode)

Senā (army)

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 highlights the stark ethical reality of war: martial excellence can swiftly end lives, and leadership in battle carries collective consequences—when a chief falls, his followers often perish as well. It reflects the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between heroic duty (kṣatriya-dharma) and the tragic cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhāradvāja’s son (Droṇa) defeats and kills the Bhoja king Aṁśumānaka, sending him to Yama’s realm, and that the king’s troops are also destroyed or routed in the same onslaught.