Shloka 53
Devanagari script
ततः स सात्यकी राजन् सवनिव महारथान् | विरथान् विमुखांश्वैव क्षणेनैवाकरोन्नूप,राजन्! तब सात्यकिने भी उन सभी महारथियोंको क्षणभरमें रथहीन एवं युद्धसे विमुख कर दिया
Transliteration
tataḥ sa sātyaki rājann sa-vanīva mahārathān | virathān vimukhāṁś caiva kṣaṇenaivākarod nṛpa ||
Translation
संजय बोले—तब, हे राजन्, सात्यकि ने क्षणभर में ही उन सब महारथियों को रथहीन कर दिया और युद्ध से विमुख कर दिया।
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सात्यकीSātyaki
सात्यकी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसात्यकि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सthose (them)
स:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अवनिपO lord of the earth (king)
अवनिप:
TypeNoun
Rootअवनिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
महारथान्great chariot-warriors
महारथान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विरथान्chariotless
विरथान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विमुखान्turned away, made to retreat
विमुखान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुख
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
क्षणेनin a moment; by (a) moment
क्षणेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवjust, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अकरोत्made, rendered, did
अकरोत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
नृपO king
नृप:
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaS
SātyakiK
King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)M
mahāratha (great chariot-warriors)R
ratha (chariot)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
Even the mightiest warriors can be undone in an instant; martial success is unstable, so a kṣatriya’s duty must be guided by dharma rather than pride in power.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki rapidly overwhelms a group of elite chariot-warriors, disabling their chariots and forcing them to turn back from combat.