Shloka 8

Devanagari script

विनिकीर्णानि वीराणामनीकेषु समन्तत: । वस्त्राभरणशस्त्राणि ध्वजवर्मायुधानि च,चारों ओर सेनाओंमें वीरोंके बहुत-से वस्त्र, आभूषण, अस्त्र-शस्त्र, ध्वज, कवच तथा आयुध छिन्न-भिन्न होकर बिखरे पड़े थे

Transliteration

vinikīrṇāni vīrāṇām anīkeṣu samantataḥ | vastrābharaṇaśastrāṇi dhvajavarmāyudhāni ca ||

Translation

చుట్టూ యోధుల వ్యూహాలలో వీరుల వస్త్రాలు, ఆభరణాలు, అస్త్రశస్త్రాలు, ధ్వజాలు, కవచాలు మరియు యుద్ధాయుధాలు చినిగిపోయి చెల్లాచెదురుగా పడి ఉన్నాయి.

Word by Word

विनिकीर्णानिscattered, strewn

वीराणाम्of the heroes/warriors

अनीकेषुin the armies/battle-formations

समन्ततःon all sides, all around

वस्त्रgarments

आभरणornaments

शस्त्राणिweapons

ध्वजbanners/standards

वर्मarmours

आयुधानिimplements/weapons

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

anīka (battle formations/armies)

vastra (garments)

ābharaṇa (ornaments)

śastra (weapons)

dhvaja (banners)

varman (armor)

āyudha (implements of war)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the transience of worldly splendor and martial pride: garments, ornaments, banners, and weapons—symbols of status and power—end up shattered and scattered, revealing the ethical gravity and human cost of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene: across the military formations, the belongings and war-gear of fallen or routed warriors—clothes, jewelry, weapons, standards, armor—lie broken and dispersed, indicating intense fighting and widespread devastation.