Shloka 62

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

अश्वांश्व चतुरो भल्‍लैरनयदू यमसादनम्‌

Transliteration

aśvāṃś ca caturo bhallair anayad yamasādanam

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—తీక్ష్ణ భల్లబాణములతో అతడు నాలుగు గుర్రాలను యమసదనానికి పంపెను।

Word by Word

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भल्लैः: with arrows/darts (bhallas)
• भल्लैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनयत्: led/sent
• अनयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• यमसादनम्: to the abode of Yama (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमसादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• aśvāḥ (horses)
• bhalla (arrow)
• Yama
• Yamasādana (abode of Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim immediacy of war: skill and force can end life in an instant, reminding the listener of mortality and the heavy moral weight carried by warriors acting within kṣatriya-duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, a combatant strikes down the four horses of a chariot with bhalla-arrows, effectively sending them to death (Yama’s abode) and crippling the opponent’s mobility.