Shloka 226

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

निहत्य भीमो नाराचै: शतचन्द्रमपोथयत्‌ | भारत! तत्पश्चात्‌ वीर भीमसेनने आपके सालोंमेंसे सात रथियोंको नाराचोंद्वारा मारकर शतचन्द्रको भी कालके गालमें भेज दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nihatya bhīmo nārācaiḥ śatacandram apothayat |

bhārata! tatpaścāt vīro bhīmasenena āpake sālōṃmese sāta rathiyōṃko nārācōṃdvārā mārakara śatacandrako'pi kālaka gālameṃ bheja diyā

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: Setelah membunuh mereka, Bhima menjatuhkan Śatacandra dengan anak panah nārāca yang tajam. Wahai keturunan Bharata, kemudian Bhimasena yang gagah, dengan nārāca, menewaskan tujuh maharathi dari pihakmu dan mengirim Śatacandra juga ke rahang Kematian.

Word by Word

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी (usage)

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शतचन्द्रम्: Shatachandra (name)
• शतचन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपोथयत्: struck down / felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-उथ्/अप-ओथ् (धातु: उथ्/ओथ् ‘to strike/beat down’)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata!
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhima (Bhimasena)
• Dhritarashtra (addressed as Bhārata)
• Śatacandra
• nārāca arrows
• seven rathins (chariot-warriors)
• Kāla (Death/Time)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the epic’s war-ethic: a kṣatriya warrior acts with decisive force for his side, while the imagery of Kāla (Death/Time) reminds that all martial glory is ultimately subject to mortality and consequence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Bhima, using nārāca arrows, fells the warrior Śatacandra and then kills seven chariot-warriors from the Kaurava side, sending Śatacandra as well into Death’s grasp.