Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तस्य लोहितरक्तस्य दीप्तखड्गस्य युध्यत: । अमानुष इवाकारो बभौ परमभीषण:,वह खूनसे रँग गया था। जूझते हुए उस वीरकी तलवार चमक रही थी। उस समय उसका आकार मानवेतर प्राणीके समान अत्यन्त भयंकर प्रतीत होता था

Transliteration

tasya lohita-raktasya dīpta-khaḍgasya yudhyataḥ | amānuṣa iva ākāro babhau paramabhīṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

ಅವನು ರಕ್ತದಿಂದ ಕೆಂಪಾಗಿದ್ದನು; ಯುದ್ಧಮಾಡುತ್ತಾ ಆ ವೀರನ ಖಡ್ಗವು ದೀಪ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಿನುಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಆ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನ ಆಕಾರ ಮಾನವೇತರನಂತೆ ಪರಮ ಭೀಕರವಾಗಿ ತೋರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/its

लोहित-रक्तस्यblood-red, reddened with blood

दीप्त-खड्गस्यof the shining sword

युध्यतःof (him) fighting

अमानुषःnon-human, superhuman

इवas if, like

आकारःform, appearance

बभौshone/appeared

परम-भीषणःextremely terrible

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

sword (khaḍga)

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 underscores how unchecked violence in war—especially in the lawless atmosphere of night fighting—can make a person appear 'amānuṣa' (inhuman), suggesting an ethical warning about the loss of humanity when dharma is eclipsed by rage and slaughter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a warrior in combat, drenched in blood with a gleaming sword, whose appearance becomes terrifyingly inhuman—an image that heightens the horror and intensity of the Sauptika episode.