Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: समरे भारद्वाजेन पार्थिवा: । मेदिन्यामन्वकीर्यन्त वातनुन्ना इव द्रुमा:,समरांगणमें द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा मारे जानेवाले वे पांचालनरेश आँधीके उखाड़े हुए वृक्षोंक समान धरतीपर बिछ गये

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ samare bhāradvājena pārthivāḥ | medinyām anvakīryanta vātanunnā iva drumāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As they were being cut down in battle by Bhāradvāja (Droṇācārya), those kings fell and lay scattered upon the earth, like trees uprooted and hurled down by a storm—an image that underscores the terrible momentum of war, where royal power and pride collapse before superior skill and fate.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present passive participle (शानच्), passive

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारद्वाजेन: by Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• भारद्वाजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पार्थिवाः: kings
• पार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मेदिन्याम्: on the earth
• मेदिन्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अन्वकीर्यन्त: were strewn / were scattered
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada, Passive (karmani-prayoga)

• वातनुन्नाः: driven by the wind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात + नुन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle of √नुद्

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• द्रुमाः: trees
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇācārya (Bhāradvāja)
• kings (pārthivāḥ)
• earth (medinī)
• wind/storm (vāta)
• trees (drumāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the fragility of worldly power: even kings, symbols of authority, can be swiftly reduced to helplessness in war. It implicitly warns that pride and status do not protect one from the consequences of conflict and the force of destiny, and it frames battlefield prowess as a decisive, morally weighty power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Droṇācārya (called Bhāradvāja) cutting down opposing rulers in the battle. Those kings fall and are scattered across the ground, compared to trees toppled by a violent wind.