Shloka 313

Devanagari script

न शान्तिं लेभिरे तत्र राक्षसैर्भूशपीडिता: । उन राक्षसोंसे अत्यन्त पीड़ित होकर पांचाल और सूंजयवंशी क्षत्रिय तथा उनके घोड़े और बड़े-बड़े हाथी भी शान्ति न पा सके

Transliteration

na śāntiṃ lebhire tatra rākṣasair bhūśapīḍitāḥ |

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「そこでは羅刹たちに激しく苦しめられ、彼らは安らぎを得られなかった。パンチャーラの兵とスリンジャヤ系のクシャトリヤたちは、馬や巨大な戦象に至るまで、この執拗な襲撃の下で平静も休息も取り戻せなかった。」

Word by Word

नnot

शान्तिम्peace

लेभिरेobtained / found

तत्रthere

राक्षसैःby the rakshasas (demons)

भूशपीडिताःafflicted/tormented by the burden (of the earth)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Rākṣasas

Pañcālas

Sṛñjayas

kṣatriyas

horses

elephants

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked violence and fear-inducing warfare destroy śānti (inner and outer peace) for all—warriors and even animals—implying an ethical critique of terror and cruelty as forces aligned with adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pañcāla and Sṛñjaya forces, along with their horses and elephants, are being brutally harassed by rākṣasa fighters; the pressure is so intense that they cannot find any respite on the battlefield.