Shloka 110

Devanagari script

अद्यैव सरथं साशथ्वं सशक्तिकवचायुधम्‌ । संचूर्णितमिवारण्ये पादपं दन्तिना यथा

Transliteration

adyaiva sarathaṁ sāśvaṁ saśaktikavacāyudham | sañcūrṇitam ivāraṇye pādapaṁ dantinā yathā ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Уже сегодня — вместе с колесницей и конями, с доспехом, оружием и копьём — он будет сокрушён до конца, словно дерево в лесу, разбитое в щепы слоном».

Word by Word

अद्यtoday

एवindeed/just

स-रथम्together with the chariot

स-अश्वम्together with the horses

स-शक्ति-कवच-आयुधम्together with spear, armor, and weapons

संचूर्णितम्crushed to pieces

इवas if/like

अरण्येin the forest

पादपम्a tree

दन्तिनाby an elephant

यथाjust as

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

chariot

horses

spear (śakti)

armour (kavaca)

weapons (āyudha)

forest

tree

elephant

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 underscores the overwhelming force of battlefield violence: even the full apparatus of war—chariot, horses, armour, and weapons—can be reduced to ruin. Ethically, it highlights the fragility of martial power and the stark consequences of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior’s entire fighting setup (chariot with horses and armaments) has been completely smashed, using a vivid comparison: like a forest tree crushed by an elephant.