Shloka 17

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

हयैश्व कनकापीडै: पतितैस्तत्र मेदिनी । शैनेयशरसंकृत्तै: शोणितौघपरिप्लुतै:

Transliteration

hayaiś ca kanakāpīḍaiḥ patitais tatra medinī | śaineyaśarasaṅkṛttaiḥ śoṇitaughapariplutaiḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ທີ່ນັ້ນ ແຜ່ນດິນເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍມ້າທີ່ລົ້ມຕາຍ ພ້ອມເຄື່ອງປະດັບຫົວທອງຄໍາທີ່ຫຼຸດລົງ; ແລະ ຖືກນ້ໍາເລືອດໄຫຼຫຼາກທ່ວມທັບ ຈາກຜູ້ທີ່ຖືກຟັນລົງໂດຍລູກສອນຂອງ Śaineya—ເປັນພາບແຫ່ງຄວາມພິນາດຂອງສົງຄາມ ທີ່ຄວາມສະຫງ່າງາມແລະຊີວິດ ຖືກຫຼຸດລົງເຫຼືອແຕ່ຝຸ່ນດຽວກັນ ເຕືອນວ່າຄວາມຮຸນແຮງກົດທັບການອວດອ້າງໂລກີທັງປວງ.

Word by Word

हयैःby/with horses

चand

कनकापीडैःby/with golden crests/ornaments

पतितैःfallen

तत्रthere

मेदिनीthe earth/ground

शैनेयशरसंकृत्तैःcut down by the arrows of Śaineya (Satyaki)

शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैःflooded/covered with streams of blood

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

श

शैनेय / सात्यकि (Śaineya / Sātyaki)

म

मेदिनी (the earth/ground)

ह

हय (horses)

क

कनकापीड (golden head-ornaments/crests)

श

शर (arrows)

श

शोणित (blood)

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 moral cost of war: even what is splendid and prestigious (golden ornaments, mighty cavalry) becomes meaningless amid slaughter. It implicitly cautions that violence overwhelms worldly grandeur and leaves only devastation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene: horses and their golden trappings lie fallen, and the ground is inundated with streams of blood from those cut down by Śaineya (Sātyaki) with his arrows, emphasizing the intensity of his assault.