Shloka 763

Devanagari script

रथाश्रैते सुवित्रस्ता भीमसेनभयार्दिता: | “दुर्योधनकी विशाल सेनाके अधिकांश वीर अत्यन्त खिन्न हो उठे हैं और वे रथी भीमसेनके भयसे पीड़ित हो संत्रस्त हो गये हैं

Transliteration

rathāśritāḥ suvittrastā bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ |

Translation

サンジャヤは報告する。ドゥルヨーダナの大軍の多くの戦士は、激しく動揺し心底おびえて、身を守ろうと戦車の周りに群がった。彼らを圧したのはビーマセーナが呼び起こす恐怖である。この偈は、内なる崩壊——恐れと決意の喪失——が、武器より先に軍を砕き得ることを示している。

Word by Word

• रथाश्रैते: mounted on chariots / chariot-riders
• रथाश्रैते: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथाश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुवित्रस्ता: greatly terrified
• सुवित्रस्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वित्रस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीमसेनभयार्दिता: afflicted by fear of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनभयार्दिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेन-भय-आर्दित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• ratha (chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that fear and shaken morale can defeat warriors from within; courage and steadiness are as decisive in dharmic warfare as physical strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Duryodhana’s fighters becoming highly frightened and seeking safety around their chariots, distressed by the terror caused by Bhīmasena’s presence and prowess.