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Shloka 67

Dvaipāyana-hrade Duryodhanasya Māyā — Yudhiṣṭhirasya Dharmoktiḥ (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 30)

इत्येवं चिन्तयानास्तु रथेभ्यो5श्वान्‌ विमुच्यते । तत्रासांचक्रिरे राजन्‌ कृपप्रभूतयो रथा:

ity evaṁ cintayānās tu rathebhyo 'śvān vimucyate | tatrāsāṁ cakrire rājan kṛpa-prabhūtayo rathāḥ ||

サンジャヤは言った。「そのように不安な思いに沈むうち、彼らは戦車から馬を解いた。大王よ、その場で御者と大車戦士たち—クリパ(Kṛpa)を筆頭に—は陣を敷いて休息したが、戦がいかに続くのか、そして王ドゥルヨーダナに何が起きたのかという思いが、なお彼らの胸を乱した。」

इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवम्in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
चिन्तयानाःthinking, reflecting
चिन्तयानाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्तयत् (चिन्तय् धातु, caus. of चिन्त्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Present (vartamana)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
रथेभ्यःfrom the chariots
रथेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Plural
अश्वान्horses
अश्वान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विमुच्यतेwere unyoked/let loose
विमुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + मुच्
FormLat, Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
आसाम्of those (f.)
आसाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
चक्रिरेthey made/did
चक्रिरे:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormLit, Perfect, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कृप-प्रभूतयःthose headed by Kripa
कृप-प्रभूतयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृप + प्रभूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
रथाःcharioteers/chariots (i.e., warriors in chariots)
रथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)
राजन् / धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied addressee)
कृप (Kṛpa/Kṛpācārya)
रथ (chariots)
अश्व (horses)

Educational Q&A

Even the mightiest warriors are constrained by uncertainty and consequence: when leadership falters and outcomes become unclear, anxiety replaces confidence. The verse highlights the ethical weight of war—victory and duty are not merely matters of strength, but of right counsel, steadiness, and the karmic momentum of prior choices.

Sañjaya reports that Kṛpa and other leading Kaurava chariot-warriors, worried about how the fighting can continue and what has happened to Duryodhana, unyoke their horses and halt to rest at that spot, absorbed in troubled deliberation.