Shloka 356

Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat

Devanagari script

सो<पि मोहं जगामाथ ततत्रित्राड्रदासुत: । कौरव-धुरंधर वीर अर्जुनके धराशायी होनेपर चित्रांगदाकुमार बश्रुवाहन भी मूर्च्छित हो गया

Transliteration

so 'pi mohaṃ jagāmātha tatra citrāṅgadāsutaḥ | kaurava-dhurandharo vīra arjune dharāśāyini bhūte babhrūvāhano 'pi mūrcchitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then he too fell into bewilderment; there, the son of Citrāṅgadā—Babhrūvāhana—seeing the heroic Arjuna, the foremost bearer of the Kaurava burden, lying prostrate on the ground, also collapsed in a faint. The moment underscores how even a righteous warrior can be shaken when the consequences of combat strike the heart, revealing the ethical weight of violence even in sanctioned battle.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मोहम्: faintness/delusion
• मोहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went/entered (became)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तत्: that/thereupon
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्रित्राड्रदासुतः: the son of Tritrādrāda (proper name)
• त्रित्राड्रदासुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रित्राड्रदासुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna
• Citrāṅgadā
• Babhrūvāhana
• Kauravas