Shloka 133
Devanagari script
नाभ्यपद्यन्त समरे काज्चिच्चेष्टां महारथा: । महाराज! युद्धमें अत्यन्त थके हुए महारथी योद्धा निद्रासे अंधे हो रहे थे; अतः संग्राममें कोई चेष्टा नहीं कर पाते थे
Transliteration
nābhyapadyanta samare kāścid ceṣṭāṃ mahārathāḥ |
Translation
नाभ्यपद्यन्त समरे काञ्चिच्चेष्टां महारथाः । श्रान्ता निद्रावृताः सर्वे न शक्ताः कर्म कर्तुम् ॥
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अभ्यपद्यन्तthey advanced/engaged (in action)
अभ्यपद्यन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√पद्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada
समरेin battle
समरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
काःwhat/any (which?)
काः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
चित्ever/at all (enclitic, giving indefiniteness)
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
चेष्टाम्effort, action
चेष्टाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचेष्टा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors
महारथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaM
mahārathāḥ (great warriors)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
Even the greatest warriors are bound by human limits; when exhaustion and drowsiness overtake the mind, purposeful action and discernment collapse—highlighting the ethical cost and dehumanizing strain of prolonged war.
Sañjaya reports that on the battlefield the elite fighters had become so worn out that they could not initiate any effective movement or effort, causing a lull in active combat.