Shloka 7

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement

Devanagari script

ये केचन गतास्तस्य समीपमपलायिन: । न ते प्रतिन्यवर्तन्त समुद्रादिव सिन्धव:,युद्धसे न भागनेवाले जो कोई शूरवीर उस सयम अभिमन्युके पास गये, वे फिर नहीं लौटे। जैसे समुद्रमें मिली हुई नदियाँ फिर वहाँसे लौट नहीं पाती हैं

Transliteration

ye kecana gatās tasya samīpam apalāyinaḥ | na te pratinivartanta samudrād iva sindhavaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Whatever valiant warriors went near him—men who did not flee from battle—none of them returned. Like rivers that have entered the ocean, they could not turn back again. The image underscores the irreversible consequence of confronting Abhimanyu at close quarters: courage without retreat meets a fate that admits no return.

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

केचनsome

गताःgone

तस्यof him / his

समीपम्near; to the vicinity

अपलायिनःfleeing; having fled away

नnot

तेthey

प्रतिback; in return

न्यवर्तन्तreturned

समुद्रात्from the ocean

इवlike; as

सिन्धवःrivers

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Abhimanyu

samudra (ocean)

sindhu/sindhavaḥ (rivers)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes