Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पुनश्चापि महाकाय: संछिन्न: शतधा रणे

Transliteration

punaścāpi mahākāyaḥ saṃchinnaḥ śatadhā raṇe

Translation

Sañjaya said: And yet again, that mighty-bodied warrior was cut down in the battle—sundered into a hundred pieces. The line underscores the brutal, repetitive nature of war, where physical greatness offers no lasting refuge from the consequences of violence.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• महाकायः: large-bodied, huge
• महाकायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संछिन्नः: cut, severed
• संछिन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + छिद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• शतधा: into a hundred parts; a hundredfold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the relentless destructiveness of war: even the physically formidable are repeatedly reduced to fragility. Ethically, it points to the tragic cost of adharma-driven conflict and the impermanence of bodily power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events, reports that a mighty warrior is once again violently cut down, described hyperbolically as being severed into a hundred pieces amid combat.