Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सहेमपट्टा: परिघा: परश्चधा: शिताश्व शूला मुसलानि मुद्गरा: । पेतुश्न खडगा विमला विकोशा गदाश्न जाम्बूनदपट्टनद्धा:

Transliteration

sahemapaṭṭāḥ parighāḥ paraśvadhāḥ śitāśvaśūlā musalāni mudgarāḥ | petuś ca khaḍgā vimalā vikośā gadāś ca jāmbūnadapaṭṭanaddhāḥ ||

Translation

ຊາລະຍະເວົ້າວ່າ: “ຄອນໃຫຍ່ທີ່ຮັດເຫຼັກ, ຄອນຫນັກ, ຂວານ, ຫອກປາຍແຫຼມ, ມູສະລ ແລະ ມຸດຄະຣ—ພ້ອມທັງດາບສະອາດສະຫວ່າງທີ່ຖອດອອກຈາກຝັກ—ແລະ ຄອນກະບອກທີ່ຮັດດ້ວຍສາຍຄຳຈາມບູນະດະ ລົ້ມລົງ ແລະ ກະຈາຍຢູ່ທົ່ວໄປ.” ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມຮ້າງເປົ່າທາງຈິດທຳຂອງສົງຄາມ: ອາວຸດອັນງາມສົດທີ່ເຄີຍເປັນເຄື່ອງກ້າຫານແລະການປົກປ້ອງ ບັດນີ້ກາຍເປັນເພີງເສດເຫຼືອຂອງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງ.

Word by Word

• सहेमपट्टाः: with-gold bands/plates (weapons) / gold-banded
• सहेमपट्टाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-हेम-पट्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परिघाः: iron clubs/bars (parighas)
• परिघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परश्चधाः: axes and chadhas (a kind of weapon)
• परश्चधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परशु-चध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिताश्वशूलाः: sharp-pointed spears/lances
• शिताश्वशूलाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शित-अश्व-शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुसलानि: pestles/clubs (musala)
• मुसलानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• मुद्गराः: hammers/maces (mudgara)
• मुद्गराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पेतुः: fell / dropped down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• खड्गाः: swords
• खड्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विमलाः: bright/spotless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विकोशाः: drawn out (unsheathed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गदाः: maces
• गदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• जाम्बूनदपट्टनद्धाः: bound/fastened with bands of Jāmbūnada-gold
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाम्बूनद-पट्ट-नद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• parigha (club)
• paraśvadha (axe)
• śūla (spear)
• musala (pestle/cudgel)
• mudgara (hammer/mallet)
• khaḍga (sword)
• gadā (mace)
• jāmbūnada (gold)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the futility and moral cost of war: even magnificent, gold-adorned weapons become lifeless clutter on the battlefield, reminding the listener that glory and possessions are transient when violence dominates.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya describes the battlefield scene in vivid detail—clubs, axes, spears, hammers, unsheathed swords, and gold-banded maces have fallen and are strewn about—conveying the intensity of the fighting and the widespread ruin.