Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अद्य मद्वाणनिर्दग्धा: पजचाला: सोमकास्तथा

Transliteration

adya mad-vāṇa-nirdagdhāḥ pañcālāḥ somakās tathā

Translation

संजय बोले— आज पाञ्चाल और वैसे ही सोमक मेरे बाणों से दग्ध हो गए हैं।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• मद्वाणनिर्दग्धाः: burnt by my arrows
• मद्वाणनिर्दग्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद्वाणनिर्दग्ध
• Form: masculine nominative plural

• पाञ्चालाः: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: masculine nominative plural

• सोमकाः: the Somakas
• सोमकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: masculine nominative plural

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: indeclinable (adverb)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pañcālas
• Somakas
• arrows (vāṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the grim moral weight of war: martial prowess can bring swift devastation to entire peoples, reminding the listener that victory in battle often entails collective suffering and irreversible consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield development: the Pañcāla and Somaka forces have been heavily struck—‘scorched’—by the speaker’s arrows, indicating a decisive and destructive turn in the fighting.