Shloka 21

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

आवेगाद्‌ू यच्च रुधिरं संग्रामे स्रवते भुवि

Transliteration

āvegād yat ca rudhiraṃ saṅgrāme sravate bhuvi

Translation

Ambarīṣa disse: “E o sangue que, impelido pela força da batalha, se derrama na guerra e corre sobre a terra…”

Word by Word

• आवेगात्: from (the) impulse/violent force
• आवेगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवेग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्रवते: flows
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भुवि: on the ground/earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• earth (bhūmi)
• battle/war (saṅgrāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line evokes the stark reality of warfare—blood shed and spilled on the earth—serving as a moral prompt to weigh the ethical cost and consequences of violent conflict within the broader Shānti-parvan reflection on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambarīṣa is speaking and begins (or continues) a description of the battlefield scene, highlighting how, in the rush of combat, blood flows onto the ground—setting a somber tone for reflection on war and its outcomes.