Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तत्र चक्रैविमथितैर्भग्नैश्न परमायुधै:

Transliteration

tatra cakrair vimathitair bhagnaiś ca paramāyudhaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, the battlefield was churned and torn by the wheels of chariots, and even the finest weapons lay shattered—an image of war’s relentless force, where pride in arms collapses before the sheer momentum of destruction.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb: 'there')

• चक्रैः: with/by discs (wheels)
• चक्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

• विमथितैः: crushed/churned/ground down
• विमथितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मथ्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural (past passive participle; agreeing with चक्रैः)

• भग्नैः: broken
• भग्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भञ्ज्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural (past passive participle; agreeing with चक्रैः)

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: indeclinable (negation)

• परम: supreme, excellent
• परम: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural (agreeing with आयुधैः; often in compound with it)

• आयुधैः: with weapons
• आयुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• cakra (chariot wheels)
• āyudha (weapons)