Shloka 35

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

तमप्याक्रम्य पादेन कण्ठे चोरसि तेजसा

Transliteration

tam apy ākramya pādena kaṇṭhe corasi tejasā

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「彼もまた討ち倒された——足で踏みつけられ、喉と胸を、圧倒的な力で押し潰されたのである。」

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• आक्रम्य: having stepped on/after trampling
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• पादेन: with (his) foot
• पादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कण्ठे: on/at the neck
• कण्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उरसि: on/at the chest
• उरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तेजसा: with (his) brilliance/energy
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in the aftermath of war, unchecked rage can turn into degrading violence. It implicitly contrasts kṣatriya ideals of measured combat with acts driven by vengeance, warning that power (tejas) without restraint tends toward adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates a moment of physical overpowering: a victim is subdued by being stepped on at the throat and chest. It belongs to the grim Sauptika sequence, where night-time killings and ruthless methods intensify the moral darkness of the conflict’s end.