Shloka 116

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

अशोचन्‌ पाण्डवास्तत्र क्षत्रियाश्व महारथा:

Transliteration

aśocan pāṇḍavās tatra kṣatriyāśva mahārathāḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜੈ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਉੱਥੇ ਪਾਂਡਵ, ਸੱਚੇ ਖੱਤਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਮਹਾਰਥੀ, ਸੋਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੁੱਬ ਗਏ।

Word by Word

• अशोचन्: lamented, grieved
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• क्षत्रियाः: kshatriyas, warriors
• क्षत्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• kṣatriyas
• mahārathas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when war is framed as kṣatriya-duty, sorrow remains a moral and human reality; the epic highlights that righteousness in action does not erase the suffering caused by violence and loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍava side—despite being mighty chariot-warriors—fell into grief at that point in the battle narrative.