Shloka 35

Devanagari script

पातयामास भल्लेन कुण्डलाभ्यां विभूषितम्‌ | तदनन्तर सुषेणको मारकर मौतके घर भेज दिया और उग्रके कुण्डलमण्डित चन्द्रोपम मस्तकको एक भल्‍्लके द्वारा शिरस्त्राणसहित काटकर पृथ्वीपर गिरा दिया || ३४ ह ।। वीरबाहुं च सप्तत्या साश्वकेतुं ससारथिम्‌

Transliteration

pātayāmāsa bhallena kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitam | vīrabāhuṃ ca saptatyā sāśvaketuṃ sasārathim ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍລູກສອນ «ພະລະ» ອັນແຫຼມຄົມ ລາວໄດ້ຍິງໃຫ້ນັກຮົບຜູ້ປະດັບຕຸ້ມຫູຄູ່ໜຶ່ງລົ້ມລົງ. ແລະລາວຍັງໂຄ່ນ ວີຣະບາຫູ—ພ້ອມທັງທຸງ, ມ້າ, ແລະສາລະຖີ—ເພື່ອສະແດງວ່າ ໃນຄວາມເດືອດດານຂອງສົງຄາມ ຝີມືການຮົບສາມາດຕັດຂາດເສົາຄ້ຳຂອງຄວາມຍິ່ງຍະໂສ ແລະອຳນາດໄດ້ຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ.

Word by Word

• पातयामास: caused to fall; felled
• पातयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पातयति; causative of पतति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• भल्लेन: with a bhalla-arrow
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• कुण्डलाभ्याम्: with (two) earrings
• कुण्डलाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: neuter, instrumental, dual

• विभूषितम्: adorned
• विभूषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभूषित (वि-भूष् + क्त)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• वीरबाहुम्: the hero-armed one (Vīrabāhu)
• वीरबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरबाहु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सप्तत्या: with seventy (arrows/units); by seventy
• सप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तति
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• साश्वकेतुम्: together with (his) horse-banner/standard
• साश्वकेतुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अश्वकेतु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ससारथिम्: together with (his) charioteer
• ससारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + सारथि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bhalla (arrow)
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• śirastāṇa (helmet/armour for the head; implied by context in the printed passage)
• Vīrabāhu
• aśva (horses)
• ketu (banner/standard)
• sārathi (charioteer)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the harsh reality of kṣatriya warfare: worldly adornments and supports (banner, horses, charioteer) do not protect one from sudden reversal; power is contingent and impermanent amid adharma-driven conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a battlefield feat: a warrior is struck down by a bhalla-arrow despite being ornamented with earrings, and Vīrabāhu is also felled along with his chariot’s key supports—standard, horses, and charioteer.