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Shloka 58

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

तस्य देहे निपतितो बाणो वज्जातिगो महान्‌,वज्ञसे भी अधिक प्रभावशाली वह महान्‌ बाण रुक्मरथके शरीरपर जा गिरा। राजन! उस बाणसे अत्यन्त घायल होकर रुक्मरथ अपने रथके पिछले भागमें बैठ गया और अत्यन्त मूर्च्छित हो गया

sañjaya uvāca | tasya dehe nipatito bāṇo vajrātigo mahān | tena bāṇena saṃviddho rukmarathaḥ pṛṣṭhabhāge rathasya niṣasāda | sa ca paramamūrcchitaḥ ||

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—വജ്രസമാന കഠിനമായ ആ മഹാശരം രുക്മരഥന്റെ ദേഹത്തിൽ പതിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ അത്യന്തം വ്രണിതനായ രുക്മരഥൻ രഥത്തിന്റെ പിന്നാമ്പുറത്ത് കൂപ്പുകുത്തി ഇരുന്നു, മൂർച്ച്ഛിതനായി॥

तस्यof him / his
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
देहेin/on the body
देहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
निपतितःhaving fallen / fallen down
निपतितः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनि-पत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
बाणःarrow
बाणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वज्र-जाति-गःof adamantine kind / thunderbolt-like
वज्र-जाति-गः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवज्रजातिग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great, mighty
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
R
Rukmaratha
A
arrow (bāṇa)
C
chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the immediacy of karmic consequence in war: martial skill and force bring swift results, while the wounded body’s collapse reminds the listener of human fragility. It frames battlefield action within the kṣatriya world where duty is pursued amid unavoidable suffering.

Sanjaya reports that a powerful, thunderbolt-like arrow strikes Rukmaratha. Severely wounded, Rukmaratha slumps to the rear of his chariot and loses consciousness.