Shloka 59
Devanagari script
केचिदन्यत्र गच्छन्त: पथि चान्यैरुपद्गुता:
Transliteration
kecid anyatra gacchantaḥ pathi cānyair upadrutāḥ
Translation
Sebagian mencoba lari ke arah lain, namun di jalan mereka diserang dan dikejar oleh yang lain.
Word by Word
केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रातिपदिक: किम्-शब्द)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अन्यत्रelsewhere
अन्यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यत्र
गच्छन्तःgoing
गच्छन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त, परस्मैपदी)
पथिon the road/way
पथि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अन्यैःby others / with others
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
उपद्रुताःharassed/assailed
उपद्रुताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउपद्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; उप + द्रु/द्रव्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (भूतकर्मणि/निष्पन्न विशेषण)
Speaker
भीमसेन उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīmasenaCharacter 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 how, in war, fear and disorder spread quickly: even those attempting to escape become vulnerable to further harm. Ethically, it underscores the destructive, cascading nature of violence once dharma is eclipsed by panic and aggression.
Bhīma describes a battlefield scene where combatants or followers try to flee to other places, but are intercepted and attacked on the roads by opposing groups (or other hostile forces), intensifying the rout and confusion.