Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

यदा तु पाण्डवा: सर्वे सुपरिश्रान्तवाहना:

Transliteration

yadā tu pāṇḍavāḥ sarve supariśrāntavāhanāḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは語った。だが、パーンダヴァの一同が、乗騎も車の隊列もまた激戦の労苦によりすっかり疲弊し、深い倦怠に沈んだとき、戦いの勢いはひとときの停滞へと移った。これは、いかに正しく剛毅な戦士であっても、戦の苛烈な要請のただ中では肉体の限界に縛られることを示している。

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा
• Form: temporal_adverb

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: particle

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सुपरिश्रान्तवाहनाः: whose mounts/vehicles were very exhausted
• सुपरिश्रान्तवाहनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपरिश्रान्तवाहन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a dharma-driven struggle, bodily limits and exhaustion shape outcomes; perseverance must be balanced with realism about strength, resources, and timing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a moment when the Pāṇḍavas and their mounts/teams become thoroughly fatigued, signaling a shift in the battle’s pace and setting up the next development in the encounter.