Shloka 114

Devanagari script

तांस्तथाभिमुखान्‌ वीरान्‌ मित्रार्थे त्यक्तजीवितान्‌ । क्षयं नयति राधेय: पञज्चालाछ्छतशो रणे

Transliteration

tāṁs tathābhimukhān vīrān mitrārthe tyaktajīvitān | kṣayaṁ nayati rādheyaḥ pañcālāñ chatśo raṇe ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်—မိတ်ဆွေအတွက် အသက်ကိုတောင် မဖက်မထားဘဲ ရန်သူရှေ့တွင် တိုက်ခိုက်ရပ်တည်နေသော ထိုပာဉ္စာလာ သူရဲကောင်းတို့ကို ရာဓေယ (ကာဏ္ဏ) သည် စစ်မြေပြင်၌ ပျက်စီးရာသို့ မောင်းနှင်ကာ ရာနှင့်ချီ၍ ခုတ်လှဲသတ်ဖြတ်နေ၏။

Word by Word

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अभिमुखान्: facing (the enemy), front-facing
• अभिमुखान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीरान्: heroes, warriors
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मित्रार्थे: for a friend's sake
• मित्रार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्यक्तजीवितान्: having abandoned (care for) life; life-renouncing
• त्यक्तजीवितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्तजीवित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्षयम्: destruction, ruin
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नयति: leads (to), brings (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राधेयः: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाञ्चालान्: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds, in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Rādheya (Karna)
• Pañcāla warriors
• battlefield (raṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical complexity of dharma in war: noble loyalty and willingness to die for a friend can coexist with, and even be overwhelmed by, the harsh inevitability of battlefield destruction carried out by a warrior fulfilling his martial role.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Karna (Rādheya) is slaughtering the Pañcāla fighters in great numbers. These Pañcālas are described as confronting him head-on, having renounced fear of death out of devotion to their ally/friend.