Shloka 5

अध्याय १ — न्यग्रोधवनोपवेशनम् तथा द्रौणिनिश्चयः

Night at the Banyan and Drauṇi’s Resolve

Devanagari script

ते मुहूर्तात्‌ ततो गत्वा श्रान्तवाहा: पिपासिता:

Transliteration

te muhūrtāt tato gatvā śrāntavāhāḥ pipāsitāḥ

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຫຼັງຈາກເຄື່ອນອອກຈາກບ່ອນນັ້ນໄປໄດ້ບໍ່ໄກ, ນັກທະນູຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ—ຖືກຄວາມໂກດແລະຄວາມພູມໃຈທີ່ຖືກຫັກຫຼົ້ມຄອບງຳ—ຖືກທຸກທໍລະມານດ້ວຍຄວາມຫິວນ້ຳ, ແລະພາຫະນະຂອງເຂົາກໍເມື່ອຍລ້າ. ສະພາບນັ້ນກາຍເປັນສິ່ງທີ່ທົນບໍ່ໄດ້. ຖືກຄວາມໂສກເສົ້າຈາກການສິ້ນພະຊົນຂອງພະຣາຊາດຸຣຍໂອທະນະກະທົບ, ເຂົາຢືນນິ່ງຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນຢ່າງງຽບໆ ເປັນເວລາຫນຶ່ງມູຫູຣຕະ, ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມໂສກແລະຄວາມຄັບແຄ້ນ.

Word by Word

• ते: they/those (men)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुहूर्तात्: after a muhūrta / from (the lapse of) a muhūrta
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ततः: then; from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• श्रान्तवाहाः: whose mounts/vehicles were tired
• श्रान्तवाहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्तवाह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पिपासिताः: thirsty; afflicted by thirst
• पिपासिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिपासित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past participle used adjectivally)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• the great bowmen (unnamed warriors)
• horses/mounts

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unchecked anger and wounded pride, when combined with grief, can overwhelm even mighty warriors—reducing them to physical and mental exhaustion. It foreshadows ethically fraught choices that arise when sorrow turns into resentment.

What is happening in the narrative?

After leaving the battlefield area briefly, the surviving warriors (in this context, the principal Kaurava remnants) become thirsty and their horses tire. They are devastated by Duryodhana’s death and stand silently for a muhūrta, simmering with anger and humiliation.