Shloka 66
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
Devanagari script
तस्यापकृत्तशीर्ष तु शरीरं पतितं रथात्
Transliteration
tasyāpakṛttaśīrṣa tu śarīraṃ patitaṃ rathāt
Translation
तस्यापकृत्तशीर्षं तु शरीरं पतितं रथात्।
Word by Word
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अपकृत्तशीर्षwhose head was cut off
अपकृत्तशीर्ष:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपकृत्तशीर्ष
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पतितम्fallen
पतितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
रथात्from the chariot
रथात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)र
रथ (chariot)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
The verse highlights the stark finality of death in war and implicitly warns that adharma-driven violence culminates in irreversible loss; it invites reflection on the ethical weight of warfare and the karmic consequences of destructive action.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior’s head has been cut off and the headless body has fallen from the chariot, marking a decisive and gruesome moment on the battlefield.