Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यशोअस्य पतितं देवि शरीरं त्ववशेषितम्‌ । वियोजितश्व मणिना भ्रेशितश्नायुधं भुवि

Transliteration

yāśo 'sya patitaṃ devi śarīraṃ tv avaśeṣitam | viyojitaś ca maṇinā bhraśitaś cāyudhaṃ bhuvi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô déesse, son corps jadis renommé gît maintenant à terre, réduit à un reste. On l’a dépouillé de son joyau, et son arme aussi lui a échappé, tombée sur le sol.»

Word by Word

यशःfame, glory

अस्यof him/this

पतितम्fallen

देविO goddess/lady

शरीरम्body

तुbut, however

अवशेषितम्left remaining, spared

वियोजितःseparated, deprived

अश्वःhorse

मणिनाby/with the jewel

भ्रंशितःdeprived, made to fall away

श्नायुधम्armor/weapon (reading uncertain)

भुविon the ground, on earth

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devī

maṇi (jewel)

āyudha (weapon)

bhūmi (earth/ground)

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 worldly glory (yaśas) collapses in the wake of violence: the famed body lies fallen, and prized emblems of status—jewel and weapon—are lost. It implicitly warns that war reduces even the celebrated to helpless remnants, inviting ethical reflection on the cost of adharma-driven acts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes to a addressed “Devī” that a warrior’s body has fallen and lies as a remainder; his jewel has been removed and his weapon has dropped to the ground—an image of defeat and stripping of honor in the grim aftermath of the night-raid events of the Sauptika Parva.