Shloka 14
Devanagari script
वहन्तो राक्षसं घोरं वालवन्तो जितश्रमा:
Transliteration
vahanto rākṣasaṃ ghoraṃ bālavan(to) jitaśramāḥ
Translation
सञ्जय उवाच—घोरं राक्षसं वहन्तः, वालवन्तो जितश्रमा युवानः शूरा योधाः समरेऽग्रतः प्रचक्रामुः; न तेषां तेजो न्यपतत्, न च पराक्रमः क्षीयते स्म।
Word by Word
वहन्तःcarrying, bearing
वहन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
राक्षसम्the rākṣasa (demon)
राक्षसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
घोरम्terrible, dreadful
घोरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
बलवन्तःstrong, powerful
बलवन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
जितश्रमाḥhaving overcome fatigue; tireless
जितश्रमाḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootजित-श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaR
rākṣasaCharacter 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 line highlights the warrior-ideal of steadfast endurance: even amid terrifying forces (a ‘ghora rākṣasa’), disciplined fighters overcome exhaustion (jitaśramāḥ) and continue their duty in the battle’s harsh moral landscape.
Sañjaya describes vigorous, tireless combatants carrying or conveying a fearsome rākṣasa—suggesting the movement of a formidable demonic fighter (or his body/charge) within the ongoing battle scene of the Droṇa Parva.