Shloka 293

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

भग्नसक्थो महाराज शेते पांसुषु रूषित: । “नरेश्वरर समस्त राजा और राजकुमार कालके गालमें चले गये। महाराज! जैसा पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनने कहा था

Transliteration

bhagnasaktho mahārāja śete pāṃsuṣu rūṣitaḥ |

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—भग्नसक्थो महाराज शेते पांसुषु रूषितः । धूलिधूसरितो भूमौ पतितोऽसौ नरेश्वरः ॥

Word by Word

• भग्नसक्थः: one whose thigh is broken
• भग्नसक्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न + सक्थि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शेते: lies
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शयने)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पांसुषु: in the dust
• पांसुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांसु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• रूषितः: angered; enraged
• रूषितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूषित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by mahārāja)
• Duryodhana (contextual, per accompanying prose)
• Bhīmasena (contextual, per accompanying prose)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical arc of the epic: arrogance and adharma, even when backed by royal power, end in downfall. The image of a king lying in dust with a shattered thigh serves as a stark reminder of karmic consequence and the fragility of worldly pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports to the king-listener that the fallen warrior-king lies on the ground with his thigh broken, covered in dust and seething with anger—an immediate aftermath scene following the decisive blow that ends Duryodhana’s combat.