Shloka 13

Devanagari script

हताश्वे नकुले यत्तु वृषसेनेन भारत । अपिब: शोणितं संख्ये द:ःशासनशरीरजम्‌

Transliteration

hatāśve nakule yat tu vṛṣasenenā bhārata | apibaḥ śoṇitaṃ saṅkhye duḥśāsanaśarīrajam ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– «အို ဘာရတ၊ ထိုအမှုအရာနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍—နကူလ၏ မြင်းများ သတ်ဖြတ်ခံရသောအခါ—ဗೃષစေနသည် စစ်ပွဲအလယ်၌ ဒုಃရှာသန၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာမှ ထွက်လာသော သွေးကို သောက်ခဲ့သည်»။

Word by Word

• हताश्वे: in (the case of) Hataśva / when Hataśva was (involved)
• हताश्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हताश्व (हत + अश्व)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नकुले: in Nakula (i.e., with respect to Nakula)
• नकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यत्: which/that (fact)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वृषसेनेन: by Vṛṣasena
• वृषसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अपिबः: you drank
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिब)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• दुःशासन: of Duḥśāsana
• दुःशासन: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शरीरजम्: born from the body (i.e., from the body of Duḥśāsana)
• शरीरजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरज (शरीर + ज)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (Janamejaya)
• Nakula
• Vṛṣasena
• Duḥśāsana
• battlefield (saṅkhya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral collapse that war can produce: acts that transgress ordinary human and dharmic boundaries are narrated as signs of the battlefield’s brutalizing force and the spiraling logic of vengeance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana recounts a specific battlefield incident: after Nakula’s horses were killed, Vṛṣasena is described as drinking blood that flowed from Duḥśāsana’s body during combat.