Shloka 273

Devanagari script

अधर्मेण गदायुद्धे यदहं विनिपातित: । '“ओ कंसके दासके बेटे! मैं जो गदायुद्धमें अधर्मसे मारा गया हूँ, इस कुकृत्यके कारण क्या तुम्हें लज्जा नहीं आती है?

Transliteration

adharmeṇa gadāyuddhe yad ahaṃ vinipātitaḥ |

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: “Fui derrubado no duelo de maças por meios injustos. Não te nasce vergonha por este ato errado?”

Word by Word

• अधर्मेण: by unrighteousness / unfairly
• अधर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गदायुद्धे: in the mace-fight
• गदायुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदायुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्: that (fact) / that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• विनिपातितः: struck down / felled
• विनिपातितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-√पत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in war, violence is expected to follow agreed rules; victory gained through adharma is morally tainted and invites blame, shame, and ethical accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (introduced as Sañjaya) voices a reproach: having been brought down in a mace-duel by unfair means, he challenges the opponent’s conscience and questions the absence of shame for the wrongdoing.