Shloka 15

Śalya–Bhīma Gadāyuddham (मद्रराज-भीमसेन गदायुद्धम्)

Devanagari script

शरीरशतसम्बाधां गृध्रकड्कनिषेविताम्‌ । महारथसहस्राणि नयन्तीं यमसादनम्‌,उसके भीतर सैकड़ों लाशें पड़ी हुई थीं। गीध और कंक उस नदीका सेवन करते थे। वह सहस्रों महारथियोंको यमराजके लोकमें ले जा रही थी

Transliteration

śarīraśatasambādhāṁ gṛdhrakaṅkaniṣevitām | mahārathasahasrāṇi nayantīṁ yamasādanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That stream, choked with hundreds of corpses and frequented by vultures and herons feeding upon it, was carrying thousands of great chariot-warriors onward to the abode of Yama. The scene lays bare the moral cost of war: prowess and rank do not shield one from death, and the battlefield’s violence swiftly turns living heroes into offerings for scavengers and for the Lord of Death.”

Word by Word

• शरीरशतसम्बाधाम्: crowded/blocked with hundreds of bodies
• शरीरशतसम्बाधाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरशतसम्बाधा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गृध्रकङ्कनिषेविताम्: frequented/used by vultures and herons
• गृध्रकङ्कनिषेविताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृध्रकङ्कनिषेविता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथसहस्राणि: thousands of great chariot-warriors
• महारथसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• नयन्तीम्: leading/carrying
• नयन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Present (Shatru/Lat-participle), Parasmaipada

• यमसादनम्: the abode of Yama (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमसादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yama
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• gṛdhra (vultures)
• kaṅka (herons/carrion birds)
• yamasādana (abode of Yama)