Shloka 20

Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा भ्रातृन्‌ हतान्‌ संख्ये भीमसेनेन दंशितान्‌

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā bhrātṝn hatān saṅkhye bhīmasenena daṃśitān

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra berkata: “Melihat saudara-saudaraku terbunuh di medan laga—terkoyak dan tercabik oleh Bhīmasena—…”

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव (active sense)

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हतान्: slain
• हतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• दंशितान्: bitten/struck (wounded)
• दंशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• brothers (bhrātṛ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral cost of war: even when actions follow the logic of battlefield duty and retaliation, the aftermath is grief and the bitter recognition of violence’s irreversible consequences within one’s own family.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra reacts to news/vision of the battlefield, describing how Bhīmasena has slain his brothers in the fighting; the diction “daṃśitān” intensifies the image of brutal, close-quarters killing.