Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पूर्व यथा वृषसेनप्रयुक्ति- रभ्याहत: श्वेतहय: शरैस्तै:

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ yathā vṛṣasenaprayukti-r abhyāhataḥ śvetahayaḥ śaraiḥ taiḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເຊັ່ນດັ່ງກ່ອນນັ້ນ ມ້າຂາວທັງຫຼາຍຖືກລູກສອນເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ຍິງໄປຫາວຶຣະເສນ ຈົນລົ້ມລົງອີກຄັ້ງ—ຄວາມຮຸນແຮງໃນສົງຄາມຊ້ຳຮອຍບໍ່ຢຸດຢັ້ງ.

Word by Word

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

यथाas, just as

वृषसेनप्रयुक्तिःthe discharge/shot made by Vr̥ṣasena

अभ्याहतःstruck, smitten

श्वेतहयःthe white horse

शरैःwith arrows

तैःwith those (arrows)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vṛṣasena

white horses

arrows

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 grim inevitability and repetitive momentum of war: once violence is set in motion, the same patterns of destruction recur, reminding the listener of the ethical cost and the inexorable consequences of martial choices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where the white horses are again struck down by arrows associated with Vṛṣasena’s engagement—emphasizing that the assault mirrors an earlier episode, intensifying the sense of ongoing, relentless combat.