Shloka 11

Devanagari script

गतासवस्तथैवान्ये प्रगृहीतशरासना: । हतसारथयस्तत्र व्यकृष्यन्त तुरंगमै:,इसी प्रकार वहाँ दूसरे बहुत-से असुर हाथमें धनुष-बाण लिये प्राणरहित हो गये थे और उनके सारथि भी मारे गये थे, उस दशामें सारथिशून्य घोड़े उनके निर्जीव शरीरको खींचे लिये जाते थे

Transliteration

gatāsavas tathaivānye pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ | hatasārathayas tatra vyakṛṣyanta turaṅgamaiḥ ||

Translation

ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನೇಕ ಅಸುರರು ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಧನುಸ್ಸು-ಬಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದಂತೆಯೇ ಪ್ರಾಣವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರ ಸಾರಥಿಗಳೂ ಹತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು; ಆ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರಥಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಅಶ್ವಗಳು ಅವರ ಜಡದೇಹಗಳನ್ನು ಎಳೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಿದವು.

Word by Word

गतासवःlifeless, whose life has gone

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

अन्येothers

प्रगृहीत-शर-आसनाःhaving seized bows and arrows (lit. bow-weapon with arrows grasped)

हत-सारथयःwhose charioteers were slain

तत्रthere

व्यकृष्यन्तwere dragged, were pulled along

तुरंगमैःby horses

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

bows and arrows (śarāsana)

charioteers (sārathi)

horses (turaṅgama)

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 the stark impermanence of life and the grim consequences of warfare: even valor and weaponry become meaningless once life departs. It implicitly cautions that martial action, though sometimes tied to kṣatriya duty, carries unavoidable suffering and should be weighed within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna describes a battlefield scene where many warriors have fallen dead with bows still in hand; their charioteers are killed, and the now-uncontrolled horses drag the lifeless bodies, emphasizing chaos and tragedy after the fighting.