Shloka 46

Devanagari script

आसीदाप्लवतो वेगस्तस्य राजन्‌ महात्मन:

Transliteration

āsīd āplavato vegas tasya rājan mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, the mighty-souled warrior’s onset was irresistible—his momentum surged like a flood, sweeping forward with overwhelming force amid the moral chaos of war.

Word by Word

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular

• आप्लवतः: of the leaping/charging (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप्लवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, आप्+प्लु)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वेगः: speed, impetus
• वेगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how, in war, a single warrior’s force can become overwhelming—suggesting both the grandeur of kṣatriya prowess and the sobering truth that such power, once unleashed, can sweep away restraint and order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a particular great warrior’s advance had become torrent-like in speed and force, emphasizing the escalating intensity of the battle at this point in Karṇa Parva.