Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र भारत भीमेन ताडितास्तावका: शरै: | रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्ना: परलोक॑ ययुस्तदा

Transliteration

tatra bhārata bhīmena tāḍitās tāvakāḥ śaraiḥ | rudhiraughapariklinnāḥ paralokaṃ yayus tadā ||

Translation

അവിടെ, ഹേ ഭാരതാ, ഭീമന്റെ അമ്പുകളാൽ താഡിതരായ നിന്റെ യോദ്ധാക്കൾ രക്തപ്രവാഹത്തിൽ കുതിർന്ന്, അന്നേരം പരലോകത്തേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भीमेन: by Bhima
• भीमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ताडिताः: struck, smitten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताडित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural (past passive participle of √ताड्)

• तावकाः: your men (your side’s warriors)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्नाः: soaked with streams of blood
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिरौघ-परिक्लिन्न
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• परलोकम्: to the other world (next world)
• परलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ययुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Bhīma
• Tāvakāḥ (Kaurava warriors)
• Śara (arrows)
• Paraloka (the next world)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the stark consequence of warfare: even when fought under the banner of duty, battle results in death and suffering. It invites reflection on the ethical gravity of violence and the irreversible cost borne by those who fight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that on the battlefield Bhīma struck the Kaurava troops with arrows; soaked in streams of blood, they died and ‘went to the next world’ (paraloka).