Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 64

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

स जघान पदा कांद्रिद्‌ व्याक्षिप्पान्यानपोथयत्‌,उन्होंने कितने ही योद्धाओंको पैरोंसे कुचलकर मार डाला, कितनोंको ऊपर उछालकर पटक दिया, कितनोंको तलवारसे काट दिया, दूसरे कितने ही योद्धाओंको अपनी भीषण गर्जनासे डरा दिया और कितनों-को अपने महान्‌ वेगसे पृथ्वीपर दे मारा

sa jaghāna padā kān cid vyākṣipya anyān apothayat | anyān asiṇā ciccheda anyān ghoraravena trāsayat anyān mahāvegāt pṛthivyāṃ nipātayām āsa ||

サञ्जयは語った。彼はある戦士たちを足下で踏み砕いて殺し、ある者を空へ投げ上げては叩き落とし、またある者を剣で斬り伏せた。ある者はその凄まじい咆哮に震え、ある者は途方もない突進の勢いで地に投げ倒された――戦場を蹂躙する、抑えがたい武力の姿である。

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जघानslew/struck down
जघान:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पदाwith (his) foot
पदा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
कान्whom (some people)
कान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
द्रित्torn/cleft (i.e., crushed/maimed)
द्रित्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootदृ (द्रि) + क्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
व्याक्षिप्पthrew up/scattered
व्याक्षिप्प:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + आ + क्षिप्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अन्यान्others
अन्यान्:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अपोथयत्smashed/struck down (after hurling)
अपोथयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअप + उथ्/उथय् (caus.)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
W
warriors (yodhāḥ)
S
sword (asi)
E
earth/ground (pṛthivī)

Educational Q&A

The verse is primarily descriptive rather than didactic: it highlights how overwhelming force in war produces death and fear on many fronts—by physical might, weapons, and psychological terror—inviting reflection on the destructive momentum of battle and the human cost implicit in such displays of power.

Sañjaya reports a combatant’s rampage on the battlefield: he kills some by trampling, throws and smashes others, cuts down some with a sword, terrifies others with a fearsome roar, and hurls more to the ground through sheer speed and strength.