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Shloka 3

Pradyumna–Śālva Missile-Exchange at Saubha (Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 18)

तं॑ तथा मोहितं दृष्टवा सारथिर्जवनै्यै: । रणादपाहरत्‌ तूर्ण शिक्षितो दारुकिस्तदा,दारुकका पुत्र प्रद्युम्नका सुशिक्षित सारथि था। वह प्रद्युम्नको इस प्रकार मूर्च्छित देख वेगशाली अअश्रोंद्वारा उन्हें तुरंत रणभूमिसे बाहर ले गया

taṁ tathā mohitaṁ dṛṣṭvā sārathir javanaiḥ | raṇād apāharat tūrṇaṁ śikṣito dārukis tadā ||

അവനെ ഇങ്ങനെ മോഹിതനായി ബോധംകെട്ട നിലയിൽ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, വേഗമേറിയ കുതിരകളോടുകൂടിയ സാരഥി ഉടൻ തന്നെ അവനെ യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ നിന്ന് അകറ്റി കൊണ്ടുപോയി. അപ്പോൾ പരിശീലിതനും നിപുണനുമായ സാരഥി, അശ്രദ്ധയായ പോരാട്ടഹഠത്തേക്കാൾ യോദ്ധാവിന്റെ സംരക്ഷണത്തെയാണ് മുൻഗണന നൽകിയത്.

तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
मोहितम्bewildered, fainted
मोहितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमोहित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
सारथिःthe charioteer
सारथिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसारथि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जवनैःwith swift (horses/speeds); by swift means
जवनैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
रणात्from the battle
रणात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अपाहरत्carried away, removed
अपाहरत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअप-हृ
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तूर्णम्quickly, swiftly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्ण
शिक्षितःtrained, well-instructed
शिक्षितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशिक्षित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दारुकिःDāruki (the charioteer)
दारुकिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदारुकि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen, at that time
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva (speaker)
S
sārathi (charioteer)
D
Dāruki (Dāruka’s son, charioteer)
R
raṇa (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

Even amid war, dharma includes discernment: when a warrior is incapacitated or deluded, a responsible attendant should act to preserve life and restore capacity rather than enable futile or self-destructive fighting.

A trained charioteer observes his charge in a state of confusion/faintness and promptly removes him from the battlefield using swift horses, demonstrating skill and protective duty.