Shloka 15
त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः
Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya
Devanagari script
सा कृत्वा स्यन्दनं भस्म हयांश्नैव ससारथीन् | पपात धरणीं तूर्ण दारयन्तीव भारत,भारत! वह गदा तुरंत ही श्रुतकर्माके रथ, घोड़ों और सारथिको भस्म करके पृथ्वीको विदीर्ण करती हुई-सी गिर पड़ी
Transliteration
sā kṛtvā syandanaṃ bhasma hayāṃś caiva sa-sārathīn | papāta dharaṇīṃ tūṛṇaṃ dārayantīva bhārata ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: That mace, having reduced Śrutakarman’s chariot to ashes—along with the horses and the charioteers—fell swiftly to the ground, as though it would split the earth itself. The scene underscores the terrible momentum of war: weapons, once hurled in wrath, do not discriminate between the proud apparatus of battle and the living beings who serve it.
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक: सा)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृत्वाhaving made / having reduced (to)
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा, Active, Absolutive (Gerund)
स्यन्दनम्chariot
स्यन्दनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्यन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भस्मashes
भस्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
हयान्horses
हयान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
ससारथीन्together with charioteers
ससारथीन्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस-सारथि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पपातfell
पपात:
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
धरणीम्to the ground / earth
धरणीम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तूर्णम्quickly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
दारयन्तीtearing / rending
दारयन्ती:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदॄ/दर् (धातु) + णिच् (दारय) (प्रातिपदिक: दारयन्त्)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if / like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaB
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)G
gadā (mace)Ś
Śrutakarman (implied by the Hindi gloss)S
syandana (chariot)H
hayāḥ (horses)S
sārathi (charioteer)D
dharaṇī (earth)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes