Shloka 173
Devanagari script
मृत्योरुपान्तिकं प्राप्तौ माद्रीपुत्रौ सम मेनिरे । आपके पुत्रका वह पराक्रम देखकर सब महारथी ऐसा मानने लगे कि माद्रीके दोनों पुत्र मृत्युके निकट पहुँच गये
Transliteration
mṛtyor upāntikaṃ prāptau mādrīputrau sama menire |
Translation
サンジャヤは言った――あなたの御子の武威を見て、すべての大車戦士は、マードリーの二人の子が死の瀬戸際にまで追い詰められたと見なした。
Word by Word
मृत्योःof death / from death (as point of reference)
मृत्योः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उपान्तिकम्nearness, vicinity
उपान्तिकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपान्तिक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्तौhaving reached / having come (to)
प्राप्तौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
माद्रीपुत्रौthe two sons of Madri (Nakula and Sahadeva)
माद्रीपुत्रौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमाद्रीपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
सम्together; completely; indeed (intensifier)
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
मेनिरेthey thought; they considered
मेनिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootमन्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaY
your son (Duryodhana, as addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)M
MādrīN
NakulaS
SahadevaM
mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)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
The verse highlights the moral tension of battlefield glory: extraordinary prowess can be admired, yet its immediate measure is the capacity to drive others toward death. It invites reflection on how kṣatriya valor operates within dharma while still producing grave human cost.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, after witnessing the might of the king’s son, the assembled elite warriors judged that Mādrī’s two sons—Nakula and Sahadeva—were pushed to the brink of death.