Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यशस्विभिरनागरथाश्व॒योधिभि: पदातिभि श्चाभिमुखैह्तै: परै: । विशीर्णवर्माभरणाम्बरायुधै- ता प्रशान्तैरिव तावकैर्मही

Transliteration

yaśasvibhir anāgārathāśvayodhibhiḥ padātibhiś cābhimukhaiḥ hataiḥ paraiḥ | viśīrṇavarmābharaṇāmbarāyudhaiḥ tāḥ praśāntair iva tāvakair mahī ||

Translation

ຊາລະຍາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ນັກຮົບຜູ້ມີຊື່ສຽງຂອງເຈົ້າ—ຜູ້ຮົບເທິງຊ້າງ, ລົດຮົບ, ແລະມ້າ ພ້ອມທັງທະຫານຍ່າງຕີນ—ຖືກສັດຕູຟັນລົງ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ປະຈັນໜ້າກັນໃນສົງຄາມ. ເກາະ, ເຄື່ອງປະດັບ, ເສື້ອຜ້າ, ແລະອາວຸດຂອງພວກເຂົາແຕກກະຈາຍ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ພື້ນດິນຈຶ່ງຖືກປົກຄຸມ—ດັ່ງຖືກທໍາໃຫ້ສງົບງຽບ—ໂດຍກອງທັບທີ່ໄຮ້ຊີວິດຂອງເຈົ້າ»។

Word by Word

• यशस्विभिः: by/with the glorious (warriors)
• यशस्विभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनागरथाश्वयोधिभिः: by those who fight on elephants, chariots, and horses
• अनागरथाश्वयोधिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनाग-रथ-अश्व-योधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पदातिभिः: by foot-soldiers
• पदातिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभिमुखैः: by those facing (the foe), head-on
• अभिमुखैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमुख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हतैः: by the slain / having been slain
• हतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• परैः: by the enemies
• परैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विशीर्णवर्माभरणाम्बरायुधैः: with shattered armor, ornaments, garments, and weapons
• विशीर्णवर्माभरणाम्बरायुधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशीर्ण-वर्म-आभरण-अम्बर-आयुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रशान्तैः: stilled, quiet, lifeless
• प्रशान्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशान्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त) from √शम् with प्र-

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तावकैः: by your (men), belonging to you
• तावकैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• मही: the earth
• मही: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Kaurava troops (tāvakāḥ)
• enemy forces (parāḥ)
• earth (mahī)
• elephants
• chariots
• horses
• infantry
• armor
• ornaments
• garments
• weapons

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the stark impermanence of martial glory: even celebrated warriors end as silent bodies on the earth, with their splendid armor and weapons reduced to debris. It invites ethical reflection on the cost of war and the fragility of worldly honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya addresses the Kaurava side, describing the battlefield aftermath: Kaurava fighters—mounted and on foot—have been killed while confronting the enemy, and the ground is strewn with their broken equipment and lifeless bodies.