Shloka 3

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

तत्‌ सैन्यं भरतश्रेष्ठ वध्यमानं किरीटिना । सम्प्रदुद्राव संग्रामात्‌ तव पुत्रस्य पश्यत:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! किरीटधारी अर्जुनकी मार खाकर वह बची हुई सेना आपके पुत्रके देखते- देखते रणभूमिसे भाग चली

Transliteration

tat sainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha vadhyamānaṃ kirīṭinā | sampradudrāva saṃgrāmāt tava putrasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O best of the Bharatas, that army—being cut down by the diademed warrior (Arjuna)—broke and fled from the battlefield, even as your son looked on. The scene underscores how, when leadership falters and fear overtakes discipline, a force collapses despite its numbers, and the moral weight of the war is felt in the helpless witnessing of defeat.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वध्यमानम्: being slain/being struck down
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किरीटिना: by the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्प्रदुद्राव: fled away / ran off
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-√द्रु
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• संग्रामात्: from the battle
• संग्रामात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (he) was watching / in the presence of (him) watching
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत् (√पश्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• Duryodhana (tava putra)