Shloka 21

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

आवेगाद्‌ू यच्च रुधिरं संग्रामे स्रवते भुवि

Transliteration

āvegād yat ca rudhiraṃ saṅgrāme sravate bhuvi

Translation

અંબરીષે કહ્યું—અને યુદ્ધના વેગથી સંગ્રામમાં જે રક્ત વહેીને ધરતી પર વહી જાય છે…

Word by Word

• आवेगात्: from (the) impulse/violent force
• आवेगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवेग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्रवते: flows
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भुवि: on the ground/earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• earth (bhūmi)
• battle/war (saṅgrāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line evokes the stark reality of warfare—blood shed and spilled on the earth—serving as a moral prompt to weigh the ethical cost and consequences of violent conflict within the broader Shānti-parvan reflection on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambarīṣa is speaking and begins (or continues) a description of the battlefield scene, highlighting how, in the rush of combat, blood flows onto the ground—setting a somber tone for reflection on war and its outcomes.