Shloka 79

Devanagari script

स दृष्टवा पुनरायान्तं रथेन रथिनां वरम्‌

Transliteration

sa dṛṣṭvā punarāyāntaṃ rathena rathināṃ varam

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。車戦の勇士のうち最も卓れた者が、ふたたび自らの戦車に乗って戻って来るのを見て、見守る者たちは戦の勢いが再び高まったことを悟った――善であれ悪であれ、武勇と決意が人を再び刃の渦へと駆り立てる、その場において。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for ktvā)

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आयान्तम्: coming/approaching
• आयान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथेन: by/with a chariot
• रथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• रथिनाम्: of chariot-warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: the best, the foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ratha (chariot)
• rathin (chariot-warrior)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the battlefield ethic of persistence: a leading warrior, even after withdrawal or repositioning, returns again—showing how resolve and martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma) propel continued engagement, with moral weight depending on the cause served.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a foremost chariot-fighter is seen coming back again in his chariot, signaling a renewed entry into the combat and drawing attention to that warrior’s prominence among rathins.