Shloka 49

Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)

Devanagari script

तेषां शैलोपमै: कार्यरनिपतद्धिः समन्ततः । आहता सहसा भूमिश्चकम्पे च ननाद च,उनके पर्वताकार शरीरोंके गिरनेसे सब ओरसे आहत हुई भूमि सहसा काँपने और आर्तनाद करने लगी

Transliteration

teṣāṁ śailopamaiḥ kāyair nipatadbhiḥ samantataḥ | āhatā sahasā bhūmiś cakampe ca nanāda ca ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອນັກຮົບເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ຜູ້ມີຮ່າງກາຍດັ່ງພູເຂົາ ລົ້ມລົງຢູ່ທຸກທິດ, ແຜ່ນດິນທີ່ຖືກກະແທກຮອບດ້ານ ກໍສັ່ນໄຫວຂຶ້ນທັນທີ ແລະກ້ອງກັງວານດັ່ງສຽງຄຳຄວນ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນນ້ຳໜັກທາງຄຸນທຳຂອງສົງຄາມ: ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜືນດິນກໍເຫມືອນຈະປະທ້ວງຕໍ່ການທຳລາຍອັນມະຫາສານ ທີ່ເກີດຈາກຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນຂອງມະນຸດແລະຊະຕາກຳ.

Word by Word

तेषाम्of them

शैलोपमैःby (those) mountain-like (ones/bodies)

कायैःby bodies

निपतद्भिःby (them) falling down

समन्ततःon all sides, all around

आहताstruck, battered

सहसाsuddenly

भूमिःthe earth/ground

चकम्पेshook, trembled

चand

ननादroared, resounded, cried out

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

संजय (Sañjaya)

भ

भूमि (the earth/ground)

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 conveys the enormity and moral gravity of battlefield slaughter: the earth itself is portrayed as reacting—trembling and crying out—suggesting that adharma and excessive violence disturb the natural and ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the aftermath of intense fighting: many mighty warriors have fallen. Their heavy, mountain-like bodies crash down everywhere, and the ground, struck from all sides, shakes and resounds.