Shloka 313

Devanagari script

भूमिशोभां करिष्यामि पातितै रथकुज्जरै: । “नाना प्रकारके बाणोंका प्रहार करके मैं शत्रुसैनिकोंको भयभीत कर दूँगा। धनुषको कानतक खींचकर छोड़े गये यमराष्ट्रवर्धक बाणोंद्वारा धराशायी किये गये रथों और हाथियोंसे रणभूमिकी शोभा बढ़ाऊँगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | bhūmiśobhāṃ kariṣyāmi pātitai rathakuñjaraiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I shall enhance the splendour of the battlefield by bringing down chariots and elephants.” The line conveys the grim warrior’s resolve to display prowess through destruction—an aesthetic of victory that, in the Mahābhārata’s ethical horizon, simultaneously signals the tragic inversion where ‘glory’ is measured by the fall of living beings and the ruin of martial power.

Word by Word

• भूमि-शोभाम्: beauty of the battlefield/earth
• भूमि-शोभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिशोभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• करिष्यामि: I shall make/do
• करिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पातितैः: by felled/caused to fall
• पातितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रथ-कुञ्जरैः: by chariots and elephants
• रथ-कुञ्जरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथकुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bhūmi (battlefield)
• ratha (chariots)
• kuñjara (elephants)