Shloka 19

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

तेषां प्रद्रवतां चापि पुनरेवाभिधावताम्‌

Transliteration

teṣāṃ pradravatāṃ cāpi punar evābhidhāvatām

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်—သူတို့သည် ထွက်ပြေးနေစဉ်ပင် ပြန်လှည့်ကာ ထပ်မံတိုးဝင်တိုက်ခိုက်ကြ၏။ ထိုသည်မှာ စစ်မြေပြင်၏ဖိအားအောက်တွင် စစ်သူရဲတို့ကို လှုံ့ဆော်သည့် ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုနှင့် သတ္တိတည်ကြည်မှုတို့ အကြား လှုပ်ရှားယိမ်းယိုင်နေသော စိတ်အလှည့်အပြောင်းကို ဖော်ပြသည်။

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• प्रद्रवताम्: of (those) running forth
• प्रद्रवताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु (धावने)
• Form: present active participle, masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभिधावताम्: of (those) running towards/charging
• अभिधावताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + धाव् (गतौ)
• Form: present active participle, masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

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Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the unstable human mind under pressure: fear can cause retreat, yet duty, pride, or renewed courage can immediately reverse it. In a dharmic frame, it reflects the kṣatriya struggle to master fear and return to rightful action.

What is happening in the narrative?

A group in the battle first breaks and runs, but then turns back and rushes forward again, re-entering the fight.