Shloka 3

अध्याय ८८ — घटोत्कच-दुर्योधनयुद्धवर्णनम्

Ghaṭotkaca–Duryodhana Engagement

Devanagari script

निपेतुराजौ रुधिरप्रदिग्धा- स्ते ताडिता: शक्रसुतेन राजन्‌ | विभिन्नगात्रा: पतितोत्तमाड़ा गतासवश्शकछिन्नतनुत्रकाया:,राजन! इन्द्रपुत्र अर्जुनके द्वारा ताड़ित होकर वे सभी नरेश खूनसे लथपथ हो युद्धभूमिमें गिर पड़े। उनके अंग छिन्न-भिन्न हो गये थे, मस्तक कटकर दूर जा गिरे थे, कवच और शरीरके टुकड़े-टुकड़े हो गये थे और इस अवस्थामें पहुँचकर उन्हें अपने प्राण खो देने पड़े थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nipetur ājau rudhira-pradigdhās te tāḍitāḥ śakra-sutena rājan |

vibhinnagātrāḥ patitottamāṅgā gatāsavaś chinna-tanūtra-kāyāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, struck down by Śakra’s son, those rulers—smeared with blood—fell upon the battlefield. Their limbs were shattered, their heads severed and cast away; their armor and bodies were torn to pieces, and in that condition they gave up their lives. The verse starkly underscores the terrible cost of war, where royal valor and worldly status collapse before the impartial violence of battle.

Word by Word

निपेतुःfell down

आजौin battle

रुधिर-प्रदिग्धाःsmeared with blood

तेthey (those kings)

ताडिताःstruck, smitten

शक्र-सुतेनby Indra's son

राजन्O king

विभिन्न-गात्राःwith limbs shattered

पतित-उत्तम-अङ्गाःwhose heads had fallen

गत-असवःlifeless (whose life-breath had gone)

शस्त्र-छिन्न-तनु-त्रकायाःwhose bodies and armour were cut by weapons

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

Arjuna

Indra (Śakra)

kings/rulers (nareśāḥ)

battlefield (āja)

armor (tanūtra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes