Shloka 28
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda
Arrow-storm Engagement
Devanagari script
नवैते तव वाहिन्यामुच्छिता: परमध्वजा:
Transliteration
navaite tava vāhinyām ucchitāḥ paramadhvajāḥ
Translation
नवैते तव वाहिन्यामुच्छिताः परमध्वजाः ॥
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तवof you, your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
वाहिन्याम्in the army
वाहिन्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवाहिनी
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
उच्छिताःleft remaining, surviving
उच्छिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-शि (शेते/शय)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
परमध्वजाःchief-bannered warriors (leaders with lofty standards)
परमध्वजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरमध्वज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaY
your army (Kaurava host)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
The verse highlights the impermanence of worldly power and prestige in war: even the ‘foremost standard-bearers’ fall. Ethically, it points to the heavy cost of violent conflict and the sobering accountability leaders bear when armies are driven into destruction.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that nine eminent warriors—described as ‘paramadhvajāḥ’—have been slain within the Kaurava forces, emphasizing the scale and seriousness of the losses.