Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तस्य पक्षप्रपक्षेभ्यो निष्पतन्ति युयुत्सव:

Transliteration

tasya pakṣaprapakṣebhyo niṣpatanti yuyutsavaḥ

Translation

ତାହାର ପକ୍ଷ ଓ ପ୍ରତିପକ୍ଷ—ଦୁଇ ଦିଗରୁ ଯୁଦ୍ଧକୁ ଆତୁର ଯୋଦ୍ଧାମାନେ ଝପଟି ବାହାରି ପଡ଼ିଲେ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पक्ष-प्रपक्षेभ्यः: from the wings and the counter-wings (flanks)
• पक्ष-प्रपक्षेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षप्रपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• निष्पतन्ति: rush forth / sally out
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष् + पत्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• युयुत्सवः: those desiring to fight (combatants)
• युयुत्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युयुत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yuyutsavaḥ)
• wings/flanks of an army formation (pakṣa, prapakṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the war-ethos of disciplined action: fighters, impelled by the will to engage, move from their assigned flanks as part of an organized formation—suggesting that even violent action in the epic is framed through order, role, and duty rather than mere chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that combatants surge out from both sides (wings/flanks) of a formation associated with a central figure previously mentioned, indicating an intensification of the engagement as units deploy from the flanks into active combat.