Shloka 1273

Devanagari script

भीमसेनस्य राजेन्द्र पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम्‌ | राजेन्द्र! सारथिके मूर्च्छित हो जानेपर भीमसेनके घोड़े सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंके देखते-देखते तुरंत वहाँसे भाग चले

Transliteration

bhīmasenasya rājendra paśyatāṃ sarvadhanvinām |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、すべての弓兵が見守る中、御者が気を失うや、ビーマセーナの馬はたちまちその場から逃げ去った。」

Word by Word

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्यताम्: let (them) see / while (they) look on
• पश्यताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Imperative

• सर्व: of all
• सर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धन्विनाम्: of archers
• धन्विनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājendra)
• Bhīmasena
• charioteer (sārathi)
• horses
• archers (dhanvins)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even great warriors depend on supporting roles and conditions—such as the steadiness of the charioteer and horses. In war, a single lapse (the charioteer’s collapse) can overturn strength, highlighting the fragility of control and the ethical weight of responsibility in one’s duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, in full view of the assembled archers, Bhīmasena’s horses suddenly ran off when the charioteer became unconscious, causing a moment of disarray on the battlefield.