Shloka 40

अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च

Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents

Devanagari script

सीदमानानि चक्राणि समूहुस्तुरगा भूशम्‌

Transliteration

sīdamānāni cakrāṇi samūhus turagā bhūśam

Translation

చక్రాలు కూరుకుపోతుండగా, గుర్రాలు భూమిని బలంగా త్రొక్కి కలవరపెడుతున్నాయి।

Word by Word

• सीदमानानि: sinking, getting stuck
• सीदमानानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सीदत् (धातु: सद्/सीद्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चक्राणि: wheels
• चक्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• समूहुः: they lifted up / heaved up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + ऊह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• तुरगाः: horses
• तुरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भूशम्: the ground/earth
• भूशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूश
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariot wheels
• horses
• earth/ground

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how war disrupts the natural and moral order: even the instruments of battle falter, hinting at ominous consequences and the weight of adharma and violence that makes progress itself ‘sink’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where chariot wheels sink into the ground and the horses, struggling, churn up the earth—vividly conveying chaos, difficulty of movement, and an inauspicious turn in the fighting.