Shloka 8

Devanagari script

द्रवतां च पदातीनां शस्त्राणां पततामपि,दौड़ते हुए पैदलों, गिरते हुए शस्त्रों, हिनहिनाते हुए घोड़ों, लौटते हुए रथों तथा चीखते- चिल्लाते और गरजते हुए शूरवीरोंका मिला हुआ महाभयंकर शब्द वहाँ गूँज रहा था

Transliteration

dravatāṁ ca padātīnāṁ śastrāṇāṁ patatām api

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ທີ່ນັ້ນມີສຽງຄຳຮາມອັນນ່າຢ້ານກົວຢ່າງຍິ່ງດັງຂຶ້ນເປັນສຽງດຽວ—ປະກອບດ້ວຍສຽງທະຫານຍ່າງຕີນທີ່ກຳລັງແລ່ນ, ອາວຸດທີ່ຕົກລົງ, ມ້າທີ່ຮ້ອງຮີດ, ລົດຮົບທີ່ຫັນກັບ, ແລະສຽງຮ້ອງ, ສຽງຕະໂກນ, ກັບສຽງຄຳຮາມຂອງນັກຮົບ.”

Word by Word

द्रवताम्of (those) running

चand

पदातीनाम्of foot-soldiers

शस्त्राणाम्of weapons

पतताम्of (those) falling

अपिalso/even

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

foot-soldiers (padātayaḥ)

weapons (śastrāṇi)

horses

chariots

warriors (śūrāḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral and psychological cost of war: when dharma collapses into uncontrolled violence, the battlefield becomes a place of terror and confusion, where even the basic order of armies breaks down into panic, noise, and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the overwhelming, frightening din on the battlefield—infantry running, weapons dropping, horses neighing, chariots turning back, and warriors crying out and roaring—conveying a moment of intense disorder and fear.