Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ततः स सात्यकी राजन्‌ सवनिव महारथान्‌ | विरथान्‌ विमुखांश्वैव क्षणेनैवाकरोन्नूप,राजन्‌! तब सात्यकिने भी उन सभी महारथियोंको क्षणभरमें रथहीन एवं युद्धसे विमुख कर दिया

Transliteration

tataḥ sa sātyaki rājann sa-vanīva mahārathān | virathān vimukhāṁś caiva kṣaṇenaivākarod nṛpa ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Sātyaki, O king, in a mere moment made those great chariot-warriors as if a forest laid low—stripping them of their chariots and turning them away from the fight. The scene underscores how prowess in war can abruptly unmake pride and momentum, reminding that martial glory is fragile amid the larger currents of fate and duty.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सात्यकी: Sātyaki
• सात्यकी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स: those (them)
• स: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवनिप: O lord of the earth (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवनिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विरथान्: chariotless
• विरथान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विमुखान्: turned away, made to retreat
• विमुखान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• क्षणेन: in a moment; by (a) moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अकरोत्: made, rendered, did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• mahāratha (great chariot-warriors)
• ratha (chariot)