Shloka 9

दुःशासन-सहदेव-संक्षोभः; भीम-राधेय-गदायुद्धम्; द्रोण-पार्थ-अस्त्रसंग्रामः

Duhshasana–Sahadeva Clash; Bhima–Karna Mace Exchange; Drona–Arjuna Astra Duel

Devanagari script

हत प्रहरताभीता विध्यत व्यवकृन्तत

Transliteration

hata praharatābhītā vidhyata vyavakṛntata

Translation

“They were slain; yet, without fear, they kept striking. They pierced (the foe) and cut them down.” The line conveys the relentless momentum of battle—courage hardening into ferocity—where fearlessness becomes morally ambiguous when it fuels unceasing violence.

Word by Word

• हताः: slain / killed
• हताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रहरत: they strike / they attack
• प्रहरत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (लट्)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

• अभीताः: unafraid
• अभीताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विध्यत: they pierce
• विध्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (लट्)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

• व्यवकृन्तत: they cut asunder / they hew down
• व्यवकृन्तत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अव-कृत् (लट्)
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

Speaker

संयज उवाच