Shloka 5

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

भग्नाक्षयुगचक्रेषा: केचिदासन्‌ विशाम्पते | अन्येषां सायका: क्षीणास्तथान्ये बाणपीडिता:

Transliteration

bhagnākṣayugacakreṣāḥ kecid āsan viśāmpate | anyeṣāṁ sāyakāḥ kṣīṇās tathānye bāṇapīḍitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of the people, some warriors found their chariots crippled—axles, yokes, and wheels shattered. Others had exhausted their missiles, and still others were wracked with pain from arrow-wounds. The scene shows the war’s grinding attrition, where prowess is tested not only by valor but by endurance amid mounting loss and suffering.

Word by Word

• भग्न: broken
• भग्न: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न (भज्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, 'broken')
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अक्ष: axles
• अक्ष: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युग: yokes
• युग: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चक्र: wheels
• चक्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• ईषाः: poles/shafts (of chariots)
• ईषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईषा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक: केचित्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सायकाः: arrows
• सायकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्षीणाः: were exhausted/used up
• क्षीणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण (क्षि-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, 'wasted/used up')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बाण: by arrows
• बाण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पीडिताः: were afflicted/tormented
• पीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (पीड्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, 'afflicted')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• chariots (axle, yoke, wheels)
• arrows/missiles