Shloka 10
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
Devanagari script
युगपत् पेततुर्वीरे घोरौ परिघमार्गणीौ
Transliteration
yugapat petatur vīre ghorau parighamārgaṇī
Translation
Pada saat yang sama, dua senjata mengerikan—gada besi dan anak panah—jatuh menimpa sang kesatria.
Word by Word
युगपत्simultaneously, at the same time
युगपत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयुगपत्
FormAvyaya (indeclinable adverb)
पेततुःfell (the two fell)
पेततुः:
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन
वीरेin/among the two heroes
वीरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, द्विवचन
घोरौterrible (two)
घोरौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
परिघiron club, bludgeon
परिघ:
TypeNoun
Rootपरिघ
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (पूर्वपद as compound-member)
मार्गणीmissiles/projectiles (two)
मार्गणी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमार्गणिन्/मार्गणी (मार्गणि)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaV
vīra (an unnamed hero)P
parigha (iron club)M
mārgaṇī (missile/arrow)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the harsh simultaneity of battlefield consequences: in war, destructive forces can converge at once, reminding readers of the grave ethical weight of violence and the precariousness of life even for the brave.
Sañjaya reports that two fearsome weapons—a heavy iron club and a missile—strike/fall simultaneously upon a hero, intensifying the scene’s urgency and danger.