Shloka 57
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
Devanagari script
शकक््त्या विभिन्नह्नदयं विप्रविद्धायुधध्वजम्
Transliteration
śaktyā vibhinnahṛdayaṃ vipraviddhāyudhadhvajam
Translation
ଶକ୍ତିର ପ୍ରହାରେ ତାଙ୍କ ହୃଦୟ ଭିନ୍ନ ହେଲା; ତାଙ୍କ ଆୟୁଧ ଓ ଧ୍ୱଜ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆଘାତ ପାଇ ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣବିଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହୋଇଗଲା।
Word by Word
शक्त्याwith a spear/javelin
शक्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
विभिन्नहृदयंwhose heart was split/pierced
विभिन्नहृदयं:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविभिन्नहृदय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विप्रविद्धwell-pierced, struck through
विप्रविद्ध:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-प्र-विद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आयुधध्वजम्Ayudhadhvaja (a warrior/one having weapons as his banner; proper name/epithet)
आयुधध्वजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआयुधध्वज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
śakti (spear/javelin)Ā
āyudha (weapon)D
dhvaja (banner/standard)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 impermanence of worldly honor and martial identity: even weapons and banners—symbols of prowess and prestige—collapse before the stark reality of death in war.
Sañjaya describes a warrior being struck by a spear so that his heart is split, and his weapon and banner are also hit—an image of decisive, devastating battlefield defeat.