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Shloka 29

Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall

Book 7, Chapter 164

ततश्नतुर्भिश्न शरैस्तूर्ण तांस्तुरगोत्तमान्‌ । समीपं प्रेषयामास प्रेतराजस्य भारत,भारत! फिर तत्काल ही चार बाणोंसे उन्होंने सोमदत्तके उन उत्तम घोड़ोंको प्रेतराज यमके समीप भेज दिया

tataś caturbhiḥ śaraiḥ tūrṇaṃ tāṃs turagottamān | samīpaṃ preṣayāmāsa pretarājasya bhārata ||

అప్పుడు అతడు నాలుగు బాణాలతో వేగంగా సోమదత్తుని ఆ ఉత్తమ అశ్వాలను ప్రేతరాజు యముని సన్నిధికి పంపివేశాడు, ఓ భారతా।

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
चतुर्भिःwith four
चतुर्भिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तूर्णम्swiftly, quickly
तूर्णम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्णम्
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तुरग-उत्तमान्excellent horses
तुरग-उत्तमान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतुरग + उत्तम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
समीपम्near, into the presence (of)
समीपम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमीप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रेषयामासsent, dispatched
प्रेषयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-इष् (प्रेषयति)
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular
प्रेतराजस्यof the king of the departed (Yama)
प्रेतराजस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेतराज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
S
Somadatta (implied by context of 'his horses')
T
Turagottamāḥ (excellent horses)
P
Pretarāja (Yama)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the battlefield reality of impermanence and death: even powerful instruments of war (like elite horses) are swiftly destroyed. By invoking Yama (Pretarāja), the text frames death as an inevitable moral horizon before which martial prowess and possessions alike are transient.

Sañjaya reports that a warrior quickly shoots four arrows and kills the excellent horses (associated in context with Somadatta), metaphorically 'sending' them to Yama’s realm—i.e., causing their death during the fighting.