Shloka 333

Devanagari script

रथार्ध केचिदादाय दिशो दश विबशभ्रमु: । कुछ घोड़े रणभूमिमें टूटे पहियोंवाले रथोंको लिये जा रहे थे और कितने ही अश्व आधे ही रथको लेकर दसों दिशाओंमें चक्कर लगाते थे

Transliteration

rathārdhaṁ kecid ādāya diśo daśa vibhramanti sma |

Translation

କିଛି ଅଶ୍ୱ ରଣଭୂମିରେ ଭଙ୍ଗା ଚକ୍ରବାହୀ ରଥକୁ ଟାଣିନେଉଥିଲେ; ଆଉ କେତେକ ଘୋଡ଼ା ଅର୍ଧ ରଥ ନେଇ ଦଶଦିଗରେ ବିବଶ ହୋଇ ଘୂରୁଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

रथार्धम्half of a chariot

केचित्some (people/ones)

आदायhaving taken (up), carrying

दिशःdirections

दशten

विबशभ्रमुःthey wandered/roamed about

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

horses (aśvāḥ)

chariot (ratha)

ten directions (daśa diśaḥ)

battlefield (raṇabhūmi, contextual)

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

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral and practical collapse that war brings: even noble instruments of warfare—horses and chariots—become broken and purposeless, illustrating the fragility of human plans and the destructive, disordering nature of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield after intense fighting: chariots are damaged, some reduced to halves, and horses drag these remnants while roaming in all directions, conveying confusion, panic, and devastation among the combatants and their equipment.