Shloka 716

Devanagari script

रथनागहया वीरा यशस्या: सर्व एव च । 'ये शत्रुओंके मस्तक, भुजाएँ, रथ, हाथी, घोड़े और समस्त यशस्वी वीर धरतीपर गिराये जा रहे हैं

Transliteration

rathanāgahayā vīrā yaśasyāḥ sarva eva ca |

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ— ରଥ, ହାତୀ, ଘୋଡ଼ା ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ଯଶସ୍ବୀ ବୀର ନିପାତିତ ହେଉଛନ୍ତି; ଶତ୍ରୁମାନଙ୍କ ମସ୍ତକ ଓ ଭୁଜା କଟି ପଡ଼ୁଛି, ତାଙ୍କର ରଥ-ହାତୀ-ଘୋଡ଼ା ମଧ୍ୟ ଭୂମିରେ ପତିତ ହେଉଛି।

Word by Word

• रथ: chariots
• रथ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नाग: elephants
• नाग: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हया: horses
• हया: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीराः: heroes/warriors
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यशस्याः: glorious, renowned
• यशस्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariots (ratha)
• war-elephants (nāga)
• horses (haya)
• warriors (vīra)
• enemies (śatru)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim impartiality of war: even the famed and powerful—mounted on chariots, elephants, and horses—are brought down. It implicitly warns that worldly glory (yaśas) and martial might are fragile when adharma-driven conflict escalates.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the blind king Dhṛtarāṣṭra the intensity of the battle: enemy combatants are being cut down, with severed heads and arms, and their war-machines—chariots, elephants, and horses—collapsing onto the ground.