Shloka 15
Devanagari script
सप्तावरे तथा पूर्वे बान्धवास्ते निमज्जिता:
Transliteration
saptāvare tathā pūrve bāndhavās te nimajjitāḥ
Translation
Sañjaya said: “In the same way, those earlier kinsmen of yours—seven in number—have sunk down (been overwhelmed and lost).”
Word by Word
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
अवरेlower (ones)
अवरे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
पूर्वेformer; earlier (ones)
पूर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
बान्धवाःkinsmen; relatives
बान्धवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तेthey; those
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
निमज्जिताःsunk; submerged
निमज्जिताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि-मज्ज्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural, क्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the tragic impartiality of calamity in war: even one’s own relatives are ‘submerged’ by the consequences of conflict. It implicitly warns that attachment and lineage offer no protection when adharma-driven violence escalates, and it invites reflection on responsibility and restraint.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that certain earlier kinsmen—described as seven—have been overwhelmed and lost, continuing a grim account of casualties and reversals in the Drona Parva’s war narration.