Shloka 66
Devanagari script
सहस्रशो<श्चांक्ष पुन: स सादी- नष्ट सहस््राणि च पत्तिवीरान्
Transliteration
sahasraśo 'śvān kṣipunaḥ sa sādīn naṣṭa-sahasrāṇi ca pattivīrān
Translation
संजय बोले—उसने बार-बार हजारों घोड़ों को उनके सवारों सहित गिरा दिया और हजारों पैदल वीरों का भी संहार कर डाला।
Word by Word
सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
FormAvyaya (adverb)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
FormAvyaya (conjunction)
आक्षिपत्he struck/overthrew, he hurled down
आक्षिपत्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-क्षिप्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
FormAvyaya (adverb)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
सादीन्riders/horsemen (mounted warriors)
सादीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसादिन्
FormMasculine, accusative, plural
नष्टdestroyed, perished
नष्ट:
TypeVerb
Rootनश्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), masculine nominative singular (used predicatively/elliptically)
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, accusative, plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
FormAvyaya (conjunction)
पत्तिवीरान्infantry-warriors (foot-soldier heroes)
पत्तिवीरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपत्तिवीर
FormMasculine, accusative, plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)अ
अश्व (horses)स
सादी (riders/horsemen)प
पत्तिवीर (infantry warriors)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
The verse highlights the immense destructiveness of war: martial skill can rapidly annihilate countless lives. Ethically, it invites reflection on how power and valor, when exercised in a context of hatred and rivalry, produce suffering on a massive scale.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s overwhelming assault on the battlefield: horses and their riders are cut down in thousands, and large numbers of infantry are also destroyed, emphasizing the intensity and imbalance of the combat at that moment.