Shloka 1486

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

Devanagari script

पज्चालान्‌ सृञ्जयांश्वैव विनिकृत्तानू सहस्रश: । अश्वत्थामाका प्रिय करनेवाले उन दोनों वीरोंने भी उस समय उससे यह प्रिय समाचार निवेदन किया कि हम दोनोंने भी सहस्रों पांचालों और सूंजयोंके टुकड़े-टुकड़े कर डाले हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | pāñcālān sṛñjayāṃś caiva vinikṛttānū sahasraśaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(They reported that) thousands of Pāñcālas and Sṛñjayas had been cut down and mutilated into pieces.” In the grim aftermath of the night-raid, this ‘pleasing news’ is framed as a report of success, revealing the moral inversion that war can produce—where slaughter is celebrated as achievement rather than weighed against dharma and human cost.

Word by Word

• पाञ्चालान्: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सृञ्जयान्: the Sṛñjayas
• सृञ्जयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृञ्जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विनिकृत्तान्: cut to pieces, hewn down
• विनिकृत्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-√कृत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāñcālas
• Sṛñjayas