Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यतो यत: पाण्डवेय: प्रविष्टो रथसत्तम: । ततस्ततो5घातयत योधान्‌ शतसहस्रश:,रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ पाण्डुनन्दन भीमसेन जिस-जिस ओर घुसते, उसी ओर लाखों योद्धाओंका संहार कर डालते थे

Transliteration

yato yataḥ pāṇḍaveyaḥ praviṣṭo rathasattamaḥ | tatastato ’ghātayat yodhān śatasahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Para onde quer que o herói Pāṇḍava—o melhor entre os guerreiros de carro—investisse, naquela mesma direção ele abatia os combatentes inimigos em incontáveis centenas de milhares.

Word by Word

यतःfrom where

पाण्डवेयःthe son/descendant of Pāṇḍu (Pāṇḍava)

प्रविष्टःhaving entered

रथसत्तमःbest of chariot-warriors

ततःthen/from there

अघातयत्he caused to be slain / he slew

योधान्warriors

शतसहस्रशःby the hundred-thousands

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Bhīmasena, implied)

ratha (chariot)

yodhāḥ (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

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the overwhelming force unleashed in righteous war (kṣatriya-dharma) and the moral gravity of battlefield action: even when duty compels combat, the scale of destruction remains sobering and ethically weighty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍava champion—understood as Bhīma—breaks into enemy formations; wherever he penetrates, he cuts down vast numbers of opposing warriors, indicating a decisive and terrifying surge in the fighting.