Shloka 29

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

जघानात्र पिता पुत्रं पुत्रश्न पितरं तथा

Transliteration

jaghānātra pitā putraṃ putraś ca pitaraṃ tathā

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—இங்கே தந்தை தன் மகனை வீழ்த்தினான்; மகனும் தந்தையை வீழ்த்தினான்; போரின் குருட்டுத்தனத்தில் உறவும் பாசமும் போர்தர்மத்தின் கீழ் மிதிக்கப்பட்டன।

Word by Word

• जघान: slew/killed
• जघान: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हनँ हिंसागत्योः)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (narrative past), 3rd, singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तथा: likewise/so too
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• father
• son

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral collapse that war can produce: even the most fundamental bonds—father and son—can be violated when violence and factional duty eclipse compassion and familial dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield horror that, in the fighting, fathers and sons ended up killing each other, emphasizing the chaos and indiscriminate nature of the conflict.