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Shloka 99

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

ते भग्ना: प्रपतन्ति सम निध्नन्तश्न॒ परस्परम्‌

te bhagnāḥ prapatanti sma nighnantas tu parasparam

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ ពួកវាបែកបាក់ និងរត់ខ្ចាត់ខ្ចាយ ក៏នៅតែដួលផ្ទុះមុខទៅមុខ បុកទម្លាក់គ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកក្នុងភាពច្របូកច្របល់—ជារូបភាពនៃការរលំរលាយខាងធម៌ក្នុងសង្គ្រាម ដែលការភ័យខ្លាច និងភាពវង្វេងធ្វើឲ្យមិត្តរួមក្លាយជាអ្នកបំផ្លាញគ្នា។

तेthey (those)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भग्नाःbroken, routed
भग्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभग्न (√भञ्ज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रपतन्तिfall down, tumble, rush down
प्रपतन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√पत्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
सम्together, completely (as a preverb)
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
निघ्नन्तःstriking, killing
निघ्नन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि√हन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)
परस्परम्one another, mutually
परस्परम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्पर

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how warfare, once it descends into panic and disorder, erodes discernment and solidarity; ethical restraint collapses and violence becomes indiscriminate, even turning inward among one’s own side.

Sañjaya describes routed fighters who, in confusion, fall and strike each other—depicting a scene of disarray where the defeated are not merely fleeing but are caught in mutual, chaotic violence.