Shloka 18

Aśvatthāmā’s Lamentation, Vow of Retaliation, and the Manifestation of the Nārāyaṇāstra (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६६)

Devanagari script

हतांश्वैव विदीर्णाश्ष विप्रकीर्णाक्ष शंससि । रथिनो विरथांश्वैव कृतान्‌ युद्धेषु मामकान्‌,सभी युद्धोंमें मेरे पक्षके रथियोंको तुम हताहत, छिन्न-भिन्न, तितर-बितर तथा रथहीन हुआ ही बता रहे हो

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | hatān aśvān eva vidīrṇān ca viprakīrṇān ca śaṃsasi | rathino virathān caiva kṛtān yuddheṣu māmakān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “You keep reporting that in the battles my side’s chariot-warriors have had their horses slain, have been torn apart, scattered in confusion, and have been reduced to fighting without their chariots.”

Word by Word

हतान्slain

अश्वान्horses

एवindeed/just

विदीर्णान्torn asunder

चand

विप्रकीर्णान्scattered

चand

शंससिyou report/declare

रथिनःchariot-warriors

विरथान्without chariots (discharioted)

एवindeed/just

कृतान्made/turned (into that state)

युद्धेषुin battles

मामकान्my (men)/belonging to me

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

horses (aśvāḥ)

chariots (rathāḥ)

chariot-warriors (rathinaḥ)

Kaurava side (māmakāḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes