Shloka 80

Devanagari script

ततश्शकछिन्नायुधं तेन रणे पजच महारथा:

Transliteration

tataḥ śakra-chinnāyudhaṃ tena raṇe pañca mahārathāḥ

Translation

Санджая сказал: Затем на том поле брани пятеро великих колесничих-воинов остались с оружием, разбитым им вдребезги, — образ сокрушительной ратной мощи, показывающий, как на войне мастерство может внезапно лишить даже сильных средств сопротивления.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

शक-छिन्न-आयुधम्having weapons cut off by (his) शक्ति

तेनby him/with that

रणेin battle

पञ्चfive

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Indra (Śakra)

five mahārathas

weapons (āyudha)

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 fragility of power in warfare: even the foremost warriors can be rendered helpless when their weapons are broken. Ethically, it points to the harsh reality that martial excellence and the momentum of battle can overturn status and strength in an instant.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that, in the ongoing combat, a single dominant fighter (referred to by ‘tena’, “by him”) has broken or severed the weapons of five elite chariot-warriors, leaving them effectively disarmed amid the fight.