Shloka 10

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

तानपास्य गता: केचित्‌ पुनरेव युयुत्सव:

Transliteration

tān apāsya gatāḥ kecit punar eva yuyutsavaḥ

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Отбросив их, одни отступили; но другие, всё ещё жаждущие битвы, вернулись вновь. Эта строка подчёркивает колебание решимости на войне: одни покидают поле, когда их одолевает тяжесть происходящего, тогда как другие, ведомые долгом, гордостью или отчаянием, снова вступают в схватку».

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपास्य: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + अस् (त्यजने/परित्यागे)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund), Non-finite

• गताः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् + चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• युयुत्सवः: desirous of fighting
• युयुत्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युयुत्सु (युध् धातोः देशिदेरिवेटिव्, desiderative adjective)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the instability of human resolve under extreme pressure: some abandon the struggle, while others return to it. Ethically, it points to the tension between fear and perseverance, and to how duty or martial identity can compel renewed engagement even after withdrawal.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, he notes that after a clash, certain fighters leave after casting aside what they had (or those they were facing), while other warriors—still intent on combat—come back again to continue fighting.