Shloka 8

Devanagari script

हस्तानामुत्तमाड़ानां कार्मुकाणां च भारत । छत्राणां चापविद्धानां चामराणां च संचयै:

Transliteration

hastānām uttamāḍānāṁ kārmukāṇāṁ ca bhārata | chatrāṇāṁ cāpaviddhānāṁ cāmarāṇāṁ ca saṁcayaiḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ, ທີ່ນັ້ນມີກອງແລະພູກອງຂອງມືທີ່ຖືກຕັດຂາດ, ມີຄັນທະນູອັນງາມສົມບູນ, ແລະຮົ່ມທີ່ຖືກປາດທິ້ງ, ພ້ອມທັງກຸ່ມຈາມະຣະ (ພັດຫາງຈາມຣີ) —ເປັນເຄື່ອງຊີ້ຊັດຂອງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງທີ່ບີບຄັ້ນ ແລະການລົ້ມລົງຢ່າງກະທັນຫັນຂອງກຽດສັກສີກະສັດທ່າມກາງການຂ້າຟັນ.»

Word by Word

हस्तानाम्of hands

उत्तमाङ्गानाम्of heads (lit. best limbs)

कार्मुकाणाम्of bows

चand

भारतO Bhārata

छत्राणाम्of umbrellas

चand

अपविद्धानाम्of those thrown away / cast aside

चामराणाम्of yak-tail fans (chowries)

चand

संचयैःby heaps / by accumulations

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

bows (kārmuka)

royal umbrellas (chatra)

fly-whisks (cāmara)

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 impermanence of worldly power: royal emblems like umbrellas and fly-whisks, and even the warrior’s prized bow, become scattered debris in war. It implicitly warns that status and splendor collapse before the harsh consequences of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: piles of severed hands and discarded or fallen weapons and royal insignia (bows, parasols, fly-whisks) lie strewn about, conveying the scale of carnage and the downfall of many high-born warriors.