Shloka 107

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

विस्नस्तयन्त्रकवचान्‌ मुक्तकेशान्‌ कृताञज्जलीन्‌

Transliteration

visrastayantrakavacān muktakeśān kṛtāñjalīn

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(They were seen) with their weapons and armour loosened and disordered, their hair unbound, and their hands joined in supplication”—a picture of utter defeat and helplessness, where the outward signs of martial readiness give way to the posture of surrender and plea for mercy amid the moral collapse of war’s aftermath.

Word by Word

• विस्नस्त-यन्त्र-कवचान्: those whose armor and gear were loosened/disordered
• विस्नस्त-यन्त्र-कवचान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्नस्त (वि+स्नस्/स्नस्त) + यन्त्र + कवच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मुक्त-केशान्: with hair let loose
• मुक्त-केशान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त + केश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कृत-अञ्जलीन्: with hands joined in supplication (having made añjali)
• कृत-अञ्जलीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ) + अञ्जलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya