Shloka 3736

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

एते शेषा महाराज सर्वेडन्ये निधनं गता: । “नृपश्रेष्ठ! जनेश्वर! महाराज! उभय पक्षमें जो समस्त अक्षौहिणी सेनाएँ एकत्र हुई थीं, उनमेंसे ये ही रथी शेष रह गये हैं, अन्य सब लोग कालके गालमें चले गये

Transliteration

ete śeṣā mahārāja sarve 'nye nidhanaṃ gatāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O great king, these alone are the survivors; all the others have gone to their death.” In the wake of the war’s total ruin, the statement underscores the moral weight of mass violence: even vast hosts and celebrated warriors are finally reduced to a scant remainder, as time and fate consume the rest.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शेषाः: remaining, left over
• शेषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निधनम्: death, destruction
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गताः: gone (have gone)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (the king being addressed)