Shloka 28

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

हतमायं ततो रक्षो वध्यमानं च सायकै:

Transliteration

hatam āyaṁ tato rakṣo vadhyamānaṁ ca sāyakaiḥ

Translation

പിന്നെ അവന്റെ മായ നശിച്ചു; ആ രാക്ഷസൻ അമ്പുകളാൽ കുത്തേറ്റു വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• हतम्: slain, killed
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (क्त) / हत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• रक्षः: a demon (rakshas)
• रक्षः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वध्यमानम्: being slain, being killed
• वध्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (वध् + य + मान; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasa
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral logic of the battlefield in the epic: violent aggression meets an appropriate counterforce, and outcomes unfold through action and consequence (karma) within the framework of kṣatriya-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a rākṣasa combatant is being struck by arrows and is ultimately slain, marking a decisive moment in the ongoing battle description.