Shloka 22
Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्
Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma
Devanagari script
हताश्वात् तु रथात् तूर्ण सोडवप्लुत्य महारथ:
Transliteration
hatāśvāt tu rathāt tūrṇaṃ soḍavaplutya mahārathaḥ
Translation
சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—ரதத்தின் குதிரைகள் கொல்லப்பட்டதும், அந்த மகாரதி உடனே ஒரே தாவலில் ரதத்திலிருந்து இறங்கினான்.
Word by Word
हताश्वात्from the horse-less (chariot)
हताश्वात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootहताश्व
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
रथात्from the chariot
रथात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
तूर्णम्quickly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्ण
सhe
स:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उदप्लुत्यhaving leapt up/out
उदप्लुत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्+प्लु
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
महारथःthe great chariot-warrior
महारथः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)र
रथ (chariot)अ
अश्व (horses)म
महāratha (great warrior)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 steadiness and prompt action under adversity: even when a key support (the horses) is lost, the warrior does not collapse into despair but responds decisively—an aspect of kṣatriya-dharma in war.
In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, a great warrior’s chariot has become disabled because its horses are killed; he immediately jumps down from the chariot, preparing to continue the fight on foot or seek another conveyance.