Shloka 183

Devanagari script

कैकेयेन च विक्रम्य भ्रात्रा भ्राता निपातित: । केकयदेशीय योद्धाओंसे घिरे हुए भीमके समान पराक्रमी केकयराजकुमारको उन्हींके भाई दूसरे केकयराजकुमारने बलपूर्वक मार गिराया

Transliteration

kaikeyena ca vikramya bhrātrā bhrātā nipātitaḥ |

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ ដោយកម្លាំងមុតមាំ បងប្អូនកៃកេយម្នាក់ បានវាយទម្លាក់បងប្អូនរបស់ខ្លួនឯង។ ទោះបីព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់កៃកេយនោះមានវីរភាពដ៏ខ្លាំង—ដូចភីមៈ ទោះត្រូវព័ទ្ធដោយយោធាកេកយ—ក៏នៅតែត្រូវបានបងប្រុសរបស់គាត់ផ្ទាល់ បង្ក្រាបឲ្យដួលស្លាប់ដោយអំណាច។

Word by Word

कैकेयेनby the Kaikeya (prince/warrior)

चand

विक्रम्यhaving advanced/stridden forth; having attacked

भ्रात्राby (his) brother

भ्राता(his) brother

निपातितःwas struck down / felled

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kaikeya (a Kaikeya prince/warrior)

Brother (fraternal pair among Kaikeyas)

Bhīma (as a simile in the given context)

Kekaya/Kaikeya people (implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical collapse that war can bring: even the natural dharma of protecting one’s own kin is overturned, and fraternal bonds are sacrificed to factional loyalty and battlefield fury.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield incident in which a Kaikeya prince, renowned for valor, is forcibly struck down by his own brother—an image of internecine violence amid the wider Kurukṣetra war.