Shloka 106

Devanagari script

हत्वा दशसहस््राणि पार्थिवानां महारथ: । संशप्तकानां कौन्तेय: प्रत्यक्ष॑ं त्वरितो5भ्ययात्‌,महारथी कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुन सबके देखते-देखते दस हजार संशप्तक नरेशोंका वध करके तुरंत आगे बढ़ गये

Transliteration

hatvā daśasahasrāṇi pārthivānāṃ mahārathaḥ | saṃśaptakānāṃ kaunteyaḥ pratyakṣaṃ tvarito 'bhyayāt ||

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: Arjuna, putera Kuntī, sang maharathi, telah membunuh sepuluh ribu raja Saṃśaptaka; dan di hadapan semua orang, dia segera mara ke hadapan dengan pantas.

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा, कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)

• दश: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्या)
• Form: true

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पार्थिवानाम्: of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशप्तकानाम्: of the Saṁśaptakas
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशप्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कौन्तेयः: Kunti’s son (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यक्षम्: before (their) eyes; openly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: true

• त्वरितः: swift; hastened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: advanced; went forward towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), Third, Singular, परस्मैपद, कर्तरि, अभि-

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Kaunteya, Kuntīkumāra)
• Saṃśaptakas
• kings (pārthivāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the public, consequential nature of kṣatriya action in war: vows and duty drive decisive deeds, yet the scale of killing also points to the heavy moral gravity of warfare—victory is pursued, but at immense human cost.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, an elite chariot-warrior, kills ten thousand Saṃśaptaka kings/warriors and then immediately advances further, doing so openly before everyone on the battlefield.