Shloka 12

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

वर्माणि च समारोप्य केचिद्‌ भरतसत्तम | समाश्चास्यापरे भ्रातृन्‌ निक्षिप्य शिबिरेडपि च

Transliteration

varmāṇi ca samāropya kecid bharatasattama | samāścāsyāpare bhrātṝn nikṣipya śibire 'pi ca

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「バーラタ族の最勝者よ、ある者は鎧を身に着け、またある者は兄弟たちを集めて抱え、陣営の内にさえ横たえた。」

Word by Word

• वर्माणि: armours
• वर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• समारोप्य: having put on / having mounted (on themselves)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• केचित्: some (people/warriors)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क-चित् (केचित्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समाः: equal / similar
• समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (अस्मद्-प्रत्ययान्त रूप: अस्य)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निक्षिप्य: having placed / having set down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• शिबिरे: in the camp
• शिबिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address bharatasattama)
• armor (varmāṇi)
• camp (śibira)
• brothers/kinsmen (bhrātṝn)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, human bonds and responsibility persist: some prepare for continued duty by donning armor, while others attend to fallen or exhausted kinsmen, bringing them to the safety of the camp—showing compassion and care amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the warriors are in disarray and response: a portion readies itself for further fighting by putting on armor, while others gather their brothers/comrades and lay them down in the camp, indicating casualties or the need to tend the wounded.