Shloka 40

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

सहिताश्चाभ्यधावन्त ततस्ते मानवा द्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

sahitāścābhyadhāvanta tataste mānavā drutam

Translation

मग ते सर्व मानव एकत्र येऊन, संघटित होऊन, वेगाने पुढे धावले।

Word by Word

• सहिताः: together, united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (सह + इ/इण् → सहित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभ्यधावन्त: ran towards, rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they, those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मानवाः: men, humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्रुतम्: quickly, swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mānavāḥ (men)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the power of unity and coordinated effort: when people act “sahitāḥ” (together), their movement becomes effective and decisive—an implicit ethical praise of solidarity and disciplined collective resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s narration, a group of men, acting in concert, quickly rush forward—indicating an immediate, purposeful response to the situation being described in the surrounding passage.