Shloka 54

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय क्षत्रियान्‌ क्षत्रियर्षभ: । क्षत्रियशिरोमणि अर्जुनने वहाँ छः: हजार घुड़सवारों तथा एक हजार श्रेष्ठ शूरवीर क्षत्रियोंको मृत्युके लोकमें भेज दिया |। ५३ ई |। शरै: सहस््रशो विद्धा विधिवत्कल्पिता द्विपा:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

prāhiṇon mṛtyulokāya kṣatriyān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The bull among kṣatriyas dispatched the kṣatriya warriors to the realm of Death—an image that frames the battlefield not as mere victory, but as the grave moral cost of kṣatriya duty carried out through lethal force.

Word by Word

• प्राहिणोत्: sent forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हि (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• मृत्युलोकाय: to the world of Death
• मृत्युलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्युलोक
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• क्षत्रियान्: Kshatriyas (warriors)
• क्षत्रियान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• क्षत्रियर्षभः: the bull among Kshatriyas (best of warriors)
• क्षत्रियर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रियर्षभ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• विद्धाः: pierced; struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) → विद्ध (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, passive (past participle)

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• कल्पिताः: arranged; formed; prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु) → कल्पित (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, passive (past participle)

• द्विपाः: elephants
• द्विपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kṣatriyas
• Mṛtyuloka (realm of Death)