Shloka 5

Devanagari script

महागजमिवारण्ये व्याधेन विनिपातितम्‌ । विवर्तमानं बहुशो रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतम्‌

Transliteration

mahāgajam ivāraṇye vyādhena vinipātitam | vivartamānaṃ bahuśo rudhiraughapariplutam ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସେଠାରେ ସେମାନେ ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରପୁତ୍ର ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନଙ୍କୁ ପତିତ ଦେଖିଲେ; ଯେପରି ଅରଣ୍ୟରେ ଜଣେ ବ୍ୟାଧ ମହାଗଜକୁ ଢାଳିଦେଇଥାଏ। ରକ୍ତଧାରାରେ ପ୍ଲାବିତ ସେ ଭୂମିରେ ପଡ଼ି ଛଟପଟାଉଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ବାରମ୍ବାର କର୍ବଟ ବଦଳାଉଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• महागजम्: a great elephant
• महागजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्याधेन: by a hunter
• व्याधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विनिपातितम्: felled/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-पत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विवर्तमानम्: rolling/turning about
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-वृत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बहुशः: many times/repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः

• रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतम्: submerged in a flood/stream of blood
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर-ओघ-परिप्लुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• forest (araṇya)
• hunter (vyādha)
• elephant (gaja)
• blood (rudhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the stark moral cost of adharma-driven ambition: even the mightiest warrior-king can be reduced to helpless suffering. The elephant-and-hunter simile highlights how power and pride collapse under the consequences of violent conflict and accumulated wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports what is seen on the battlefield: Duryodhana lies struck down, drenched in blood, repeatedly writhing and turning on the ground—described through the vivid comparison of a great forest elephant felled by a hunter.