Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वहन्तो राक्षसं घोरं वालवन्तो जितश्रमा:

Transliteration

vahanto rākṣasaṃ ghoraṃ bālavan(to) jitaśramāḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。恐るべき羅刹を伴い、若き戦士たちは—強靭で疲れを知らず—前へ前へと押し進み、戦の苛烈な要求のただ中にあっても、その気力は少しも衰えなかった。

Word by Word

• वहन्तः: carrying, bearing
• वहन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• राक्षसम्: the rākṣasa (demon)
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बलवन्तः: strong, powerful
• बलवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जितश्रमाḥ: having overcome fatigue; tireless
• जितश्रमाḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the warrior-ideal of steadfast endurance: even amid terrifying forces (a ‘ghora rākṣasa’), disciplined fighters overcome exhaustion (jitaśramāḥ) and continue their duty in the battle’s harsh moral landscape.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes vigorous, tireless combatants carrying or conveying a fearsome rākṣasa—suggesting the movement of a formidable demonic fighter (or his body/charge) within the ongoing battle scene of the Droṇa Parva.