Shloka 66
Devanagari script
सहस्रशो<श्चांक्ष पुन: स सादी- नष्ट सहस््राणि च पत्तिवीरान्
Transliteration
sahasraśo 'śvān kṣipunaḥ sa sādīn naṣṭa-sahasrāṇi ca pattivīrān
Translation
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସେ ପୁନଃ ପୁନଃ ସହସ୍ର ସହସ୍ର ଅଶ୍ୱକୁ ସାୱାର ସହିତ ନିପାତ କଲା, ଏବଂ ସହସ୍ର ସହସ୍ର ପଦାତି ବୀରଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ବିନାଶ କଲା।
Word by Word
सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
FormAvyaya (adverb)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
FormAvyaya (conjunction)
आक्षिपत्he struck/overthrew, he hurled down
आक्षिपत्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-क्षिप्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
FormAvyaya (adverb)
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
सादीन्riders/horsemen (mounted warriors)
सादीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसादिन्
FormMasculine, accusative, plural
नष्टdestroyed, perished
नष्ट:
TypeVerb
Rootनश्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), masculine nominative singular (used predicatively/elliptically)
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, accusative, plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
FormAvyaya (conjunction)
पत्तिवीरान्infantry-warriors (foot-soldier heroes)
पत्तिवीरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपत्तिवीर
FormMasculine, accusative, plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)अ
अश्व (horses)स
सादी (riders/horsemen)प
पत्तिवीर (infantry warriors)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the immense destructiveness of war: martial skill can rapidly annihilate countless lives. Ethically, it invites reflection on how power and valor, when exercised in a context of hatred and rivalry, produce suffering on a massive scale.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s overwhelming assault on the battlefield: horses and their riders are cut down in thousands, and large numbers of infantry are also destroyed, emphasizing the intensity and imbalance of the combat at that moment.