Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ततः स सात्यकी राजन्‌ सवनिव महारथान्‌ | विरथान्‌ विमुखांश्वैव क्षणेनैवाकरोन्नूप,राजन्‌! तब सात्यकिने भी उन सभी महारथियोंको क्षणभरमें रथहीन एवं युद्धसे विमुख कर दिया

Transliteration

tataḥ sa sātyaki rājann sa-vanīva mahārathān | virathān vimukhāṁś caiva kṣaṇenaivākarod nṛpa ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ನಂತರ, ಓ ರಾಜನೇ, ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿಯು ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ಆ ಮಹಾರಥಿಗಳನ್ನು ರಥವಿಹೀನರನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಯುದ್ಧದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಖರನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದನು.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

सात्यकीSātyaki

राजन्O king

सthose (them)

अवनिपO lord of the earth (king)

महारथान्great chariot-warriors

विरथान्chariotless

विमुखान्turned away, made to retreat

चand

एवindeed, just

क्षणेनin a moment; by (a) moment

एवjust, only

अकरोत्made, rendered, did

नृपO king

राजन्O king

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

mahāratha (great chariot-warriors)

ratha (chariot)

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?

Even the mightiest warriors can be undone in an instant; martial success is unstable, so a kṣatriya’s duty must be guided by dharma rather than pride in power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki rapidly overwhelms a group of elite chariot-warriors, disabling their chariots and forcing them to turn back from combat.