Shloka 128

Devanagari script

त॑ दृष्टवा प्रद्रुतैरश्वैरपकृष्ट रणाजिरात्‌

Transliteration

taṁ dṛṣṭvā pradrutair aśvair apakṛṣṭaṁ raṇājirāt

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອເຫັນເຂົາຢ່າງນັ້ນ—ຖືກມ້າທີ່ພຸ້ນໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມໄວສູງລາກອອກຈາກສະໜາມຮົບ—ນັກຮົບທັງຫຼາຍກໍເຂົ້າໃຈວ່າ ເຂົາກຳລັງຖືກບັງຄັບໃຫ້ຖອນອອກຈາກວົງສົງຄາມໂດຍກຳລັງ. ນາທີນັ້ນຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຊະຕາໃນສົງຄາມຜັນຜວນໄວພຽງໃດ ແລະອຳນາດຂອງນັກຮົບອາດຖືກກົດທັບໂດຍຄວາມຮຸນແຮງຂອງເຫດການໄດ້ຢ່າງໃດ.

Word by Word

तत्that (thing/event)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

प्रद्रुतैःby/with (those) running swiftly

अश्वैःby/with horses

अपकृष्टःdragged away / pulled away

रणाजिरात्from the battlefield

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

horses

battlefield (raṇājira)

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 line highlights the instability of martial fortune: even a warrior’s intent and valor can be overridden by the momentum of battle. Ethically, it points to the tragic loss of control that war imposes, where bodies are carried by forces—literal and moral—greater than individual will.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a particular person is seen being pulled away from the battlefield by horses running at speed—suggesting a forced withdrawal or removal from the combat zone amid the chaos of war.