Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तौ तु विक्षतसर्वाड्री रुधिरौचपरिप्लुती

Transliteration

tau tu vikṣata-sarvāṅgau rudhiraugha-pariplutau

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—तौ तु विक्षतसर्वाङ्गौ रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतौ।

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• विक्षत-सर्वाङ्गौ: having all limbs wounded
• विक्षत-सर्वाङ्गौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्षतसर्वाङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• रुधिर-ओघ-परिप्लुतौ: flooded/covered by a stream of blood
• रुधिर-ओघ-परिप्लुतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिरोघपरिप्लुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the stark reality of war: even when framed as duty (kṣatriya-dharma), its immediate fruit is bodily devastation and suffering, inviting reflection on the ethical weight of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes two combatants (unnamed in this half-verse) as grievously wounded all over and soaked in streams of blood, emphasizing the intensity and brutality of the ongoing battle.