Shloka 39

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

श्रेणयो बहुसाहस्रा: संशप्तकगणाश्च ये । ते सर्वे पार्थमासाद्य गता वैवस्वतक्षयम्‌,संशप्तकगणोंकी कई हजार श्रेणियाँ थीं। वे सभी अर्जुनका सामना करके यमराजके लोकमें चले गये

Transliteration

śreṇayo bahusāhasrāḥ saṁśaptakagaṇāś ca ye | te sarve pārtham āsādya gatā vaivasvatakṣayam ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Many thousands of battle-formations—those bands of the Saṁśaptakas—advanced to confront Arjuna. Having met him in combat, they all went to the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama), slain in the righteous fury of war. The verse underscores the grim moral weight of vowed violence: those who bind themselves to relentless battle meet its inevitable end.

Word by Word

• श्रेणयः: rows/companies (formations)
• श्रेणयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेणि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• बहु: many/much
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• साहस्राः: thousand (in number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साहस्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• संशप्तक-गणाः: bands of Saṁśaptakas
• संशप्तक-गणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशप्तकगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थम्: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• गताः: went/having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वैवस्वत-क्षयम्: the abode/realm of Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., death
• वैवस्वत-क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वतक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Saṁśaptakas
• Yama (Vaivasvata)
• Vaivasvata-kṣaya (abode of Yama)