Shloka 43
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
उत्सृज्य वाहान् समरे चोदयन्तस्तथा परे
Transliteration
utsṛjya vāhān samare codayantastathā pare
Translation
उत्सृज्य वाहान् समरे चोदयन्तस्तथा परे, केचिद् भीताः प्रधावन्ति केचिद् युद्धे व्यवस्थिताः।
Word by Word
उत्सृज्यhaving abandoned/letting go
उत्सृज्य:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-√सृज्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि
वाहान्mounts/vehicles (horses, etc.)
वाहान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उदयन्तःurging/driving on
उदयन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√इ (उदयत्/उदयन्त्)
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
परेthe others/opponents
परे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaV
vāhāḥ (mounts: horses/elephants/chariots)S
samara (battlefield)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the mixed human responses in war—some lose nerve and abandon their means of fighting, while others persist and press forward. Ethically, it underscores how fear, resolve, and duty manifest differently under extreme pressure.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene: amid the fighting, certain warriors discard their mounts, whereas others—also among the opposing forces—continue urging their animals onward, intensifying the clash.