Mahabharata 9.3.283 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 3, Shloka 283

अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

पजञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रांस्तावकानां व्यपोथयत्‌ | उस समय भीमसेन रणभूमिमें बाजकी तरह विचर रहे थे। उन्होंने तलवार और गदाके द्वारा आपके उन पचीस हजार योद्धाओंको मार गिराया

Transliteration

pañcaviṁśatisāhasrāṁs tāvakānāṁ vyapothayat |

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်။ ဘီမစေနသည် သင်တို့၏ စစ်သူရဲ နှစ်သောင်းငါးထောင်ကို လှဲချသတ်ဖြတ်လေ၏။ ထိုအချိန်၌ပင် သူသည် စစ်မြေပြင်တစ်လျှောက် လင်းယုန်ကဲ့သို့ လှည့်လည်ကာ၊ ဓားနှင့် ဂဒါဖြင့် ဖြတ်တောက်ချေမှုန်း၍ မရပ်မနား တိုက်ခိုက်လေ၏။

Word by Word

• पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रान्: twenty-five thousand (persons/warriors)
• पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति-साहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तावकानाम्: of your (men)
• तावकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• व्यपोथयत्: he struck down / destroyed
• व्यपोथयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्य-अपोथय्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भीमसेन (Bhīmasena/Bhīma)
• तावकाः (the Kaurava side/‘your men’)
• रणभूमि (battlefield)
• खड्ग (sword)
• गदा (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the terrible cost of war even when framed as kṣatriya-duty: extraordinary valor can coexist with mass destruction, and the narrator’s report forces the listener to confront the moral weight of battlefield outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, moving swiftly like a hawk, has slain twenty-five thousand warriors from the Kaurava side using sword and mace.