Shloka 10

Devanagari script

मृद्यमानाश्न दृश्यन्ते पार्थेन नरयूथपा: । इषुभिस्ताड्यमानाश् नाराचैश्व सहस्रश:

Transliteration

mṛdyamānāś ca dṛśyante pārthena narayūthapāḥ | iṣubhis tāḍyamānāś ca nārācaiś ca sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຫົວໜ້າກອງທະຫານຂອງມະນຸດ ຖືກເຫັນວ່າກຳລັງຖືກພາຣຖະ (ອາຣຊຸນ) ບີບຂະຍີ້; ຖືກລູກສອນຂອງລາວຕີຊ້ຳໆ—ດ້ວຍລູກສອນເຫຼັກນັບພັນ—ຈົນຖືກກົດທັບໃນຄວາມແອອັດຂອງສົງຄາມ»។

Word by Word

मृद्यमानाःbeing crushed/struck (being afflicted)

चand

दृश्यन्तेare seen/appear

पार्थेनby Partha (Arjuna)

नरयूथपाःleaders of bands of men (chieftains)

इषुभिःwith arrows

ताड्यमानाःbeing struck

नाराचैःwith iron arrows (nārācas)

चand

सहस्रशःby thousands; in thousands

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pārtha (Arjuna)

narayūthapāḥ (troop-leaders)

iṣu (arrows)

nārāca (iron arrows)

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 stark reality of warfare: even eminent leaders fall when confronted with superior skill and force. Implicitly, it invites reflection on the moral weight of battle and the fragility of status and power amid violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna (Pārtha) is crushing the enemy troop-commanders, striking them repeatedly with countless arrows, including heavy iron shafts (nārācas), as the battle intensifies.