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Shloka 55

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

प्रियया कान्तया कान्त: पतमान इवोरसि । उनके सारे अंग विदीर्ण हो गये थे तथा वे खूनसे नहा उठे थे। जैसे प्रियतमा कामिनी अपने वक्ष:स्थलपर गिरनेकी इच्छावाले प्रियतमका प्रेमपूर्वक स्वागत करती है, उसी प्रकार पृथ्वीने अपने ऊपर गिरते हुए नरश्रेष्ठ शल्यको मानो प्रेमपूर्वक आगे बढ़कर अपनाया था ।। चिरं भुक्त्वा वसुमतीं प्रियां कान्तामिव प्रभु:

priyayā kāntayā kāntaḥ patamāna ivorasi | ciraṁ bhuktvā vasumatīṁ priyāṁ kāntām iva prabhuḥ ||

サンジャヤは言った。愛しい女が恋人を胸に迎えるように、大地もまた、倒れゆくシャリヤを抱きとめたかに見えた。久しくこの大地を愛妻のごとく享受してきた強き主は、いまその抱擁へと帰っていったのである。

प्रिययाby/with the beloved
प्रियया:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिया
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
कान्तयाby/with the beloved (wife)
कान्तया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकान्ता
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
कान्तःthe beloved (husband)
कान्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पतमानःfalling
पतमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उरसिon the chest
उरसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउरस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
चिरम्for a long time
चिरम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम्
भुक्त्वाhaving enjoyed/ruled
भुक्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
वसुमतीम्the earth
वसुमतीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसुमती
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रियाम्beloved
प्रियाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिया
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कान्ताम्beloved woman
कान्ताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकान्ता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्रभुःthe lord/master
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
S
Shalya
E
Earth (Vasumati/Prithvi)

Educational Q&A

The verse uses a marital metaphor to suggest that a warrior’s end returns him to the earth he has long ‘enjoyed’ and relied upon, highlighting impermanence and the inevitability of dissolution into the earth, even for the powerful.

Sañjaya poetically describes Śalya’s fall in battle: as he collapses onto the ground, the earth is personified as a beloved who receives him, implying a final embrace after a life spent ruling and moving upon her.