Shloka 73

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)

Devanagari script

निर्भग्न इव वातेन कर्णिकारो हिमात्यये । शेते सम निहतो भूमौ काम्बोजास्तरणोचित:

Transliteration

nirbhagna iva vātena karṇikāro himātyaye | śete sama nihato bhūmau kāmbojāstaraṇocitaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Like a karṇikāra tree snapped by the wind at the end of winter, he lay slain, stretched evenly upon the ground—one who was fit to be laid upon a Kāmboja blanket. The image underscores how, in war, even the eminent and well-adorned are reduced to the same earth, and how worldly honor and comfort cannot shield one from the moral and mortal consequences of battle.

Word by Word

निर्भग्नःbroken, shattered

इवas if, like

वातेनby the wind

कर्णिकारःthe karnikāra tree

हिमात्ययेat the end of winter / when frost has passed

शेतेlies

समम्flat, level; evenly

निहतःslain, struck down

भूमौon the ground

काम्बोजthe Kāmboja (horse/warrior; here: a Kāmboja horse)

अस्तरणोचितःfit to be used as a bedding/covering (i.e., worthy of being spread as a cover)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

karṇikāra (tree)

Kāmboja (blanket/covering; people/region)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes