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Shloka 473

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

म्लेच्छानशातयत्‌ सर्वान्‌ समेतानस्त्रतेजसा । बाणोंद्वारा उस विशाल सेनापर बादलोंकी छाया-सी करके अर्जुनने अपने अस्त्रके तेजसे मुण्डित, अर्धमुण्डित, जटाधारी, अपवित्र तथा दाढ़ीभरे मुखवाले उन समस्त म्लेच्छोंका, जो वहाँ एकत्र थे, संहार कर डाला

sañjaya uvāca | mlecchān aśātayat sarvān sametān astratejasā |

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍເດຊະອັນເຜົາໄໝ້ຂອງອາວຸດ, ອາຣະຈຸນະ ໄດ້ຟັນລົງບັນດານັກຮົບມະເລັດຊະ (Mleccha) ທັງປວງທີ່ມາຊຸມນຸມຢູ່ນັ້ນ. ຝົນລູກສອນອັນໜາແໜ້ນຂອງລາວ ປານດັ່ງເງົາເມກປົກຄຸມກອງທັບໃຫຍ່, ແລະລາວໄດ້ທຳລາຍນັກຮົບອັນບໍ່ບໍລິສຸດ—ຜູ້ໂກນຫົວ, ໂກນຄື່ງ, ຜູ້ມີຜົມຈະຕາ, ແລະຜູ້ມີໜ້າມີໜວດ—ໃຫ້ສິ້ນໄປ, ສະທ້ອນຄວາມສະຫງົບບໍ່ໄດ້ແລະຄວາມລຳບາກທາງທຳມະໃນການຂ້າຟັນກາງສົງຄາມ.

म्लेच्छान्the Mlecchas (barbarians)
म्लेच्छान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootम्लेच्छ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अशातयत्he destroyed / slew
अशातयत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootशातय् (शातयति)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
समेतान्assembled, gathered
समेतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + इ (समेत)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
अस्त्रतेजसाby the power/energy of (his) weapons
अस्त्रतेजसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्र-तेजस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Arjuna
M
Mlecchas
A
astra (weapons)
B
bāṇa (arrows)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the harsh reality of kṣatriya-duty in war: even when opponents are portrayed as culturally alien or 'impure,' the battlefield demands decisive action. It also invites ethical reflection on how epics frame 'the other' and justify violence through the language of duty and necessity.

Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna unleashes overwhelming weapon-power and a thick rain of arrows, likened to a cloud’s shadow over a huge army, and kills the assembled Mleccha fighters described by distinctive outward marks (shaven/half-shaven, matted hair, bearded faces).