Shloka 77
दुर्योधन-कर्ण-संवादः
Duryodhana–Karna Dialogue on Vyūha-bheda and Daiva
Devanagari script
शतश: शेरते भूमौ निकृत्ता गोवृषा इव । रुधिरेण परीताड़्ा श्वशृूगालादनीकृता:,'सैकड़ों योद्धा कटकर गाय-बैलोंके समान धरतीपर सो रहे हैं। इन सबके शरीर खूनसे लथपथ हो गये हैं और ये कुत्तों तथा सियारोंके भोजन बन गये हैं"
Transliteration
śataśaḥ śerate bhūmau nikṛttā govṛṣā iva | rudhireṇa parītāḍhāḥ śvaśṛgālādanīkṛtāḥ ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: “By the hundreds they lie upon the earth, hewn down like cattle and bulls. Smeared and soaked in blood, they have become food for dogs and jackals.” The verse starkly exposes the moral cost of war: when dharma collapses into slaughter, human bodies are reduced to carrion, and the battlefield becomes a place where dignity and rites are denied.
Word by Word
शतशःby hundreds, in hundreds
शतशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशस्
शेरतेlie, are lying
शेरते:
TypeVerb
Rootशी (शे)
FormLat, Atmanepada, 3, Plural, Present
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
निकृत्ताःcut down, severed
निकृत्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनि + कृत्त (कृदन्त from √कृत्/कृन्त् 'to cut')
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गोवृषाःcows and bulls
गोवृषाः:
TypeNoun
Rootगोवृष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रुधिरेणwith blood
रुधिरेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरुधिर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
परीताःsurrounded, covered
परीताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि + इत (क्त from √इ 'to go')
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
श्वशृगालादनीकृताःmade into food for dogs and jackals
श्वशृगालादनीकृताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्व-शृगाल-आदनीकृत (कृदन्त; from √कृ 'to make')
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaE
earth/ground (bhūmi)C
cows and bulls (go-vṛṣa)B
blood (rudhira)D
dogs (śva)J
jackals (śṛgāla)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes