Shloka 116

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements

Devanagari script

पातयामास कौरव्यं रथोपस्थादरिंदम: । फिर हँसते-हँसते उन शत्रुदमन वीरने कुरुवंशी जयत्सेनको नाराचसे घायल करके उसे रथकी बैठकसे नीचे गिरा दिया

Transliteration

pātayāmāsa kauravyaṁ rathopasthād ariṁdamaḥ |

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—శత్రుదమనుడైన ఆ వీరుడు కౌరవుణ్ని రథాసనమునుండి కింద పడవేసెను; నవ్వుచూ నవ్వుచూ నారాచములతో జయత్సేనుని గాయపరచి రథపు పీఠమునుండి భూమిపై పడగొట్టెను।

Word by Word

• पातयामास: caused to fall; felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (णिच् causative: पातयति) + आस् (लिट् periphrastic)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्ष/भूतार्थे; periphrastic perfect), 3, singular

• कौरव्यम्: the Kaurava (man)
• कौरव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• रथोपस्थात्: from the chariot-seat
• रथोपस्थात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ + उपस्थ
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• अरिंदमः: enemy-subduing (hero)
• अरिंदमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaurava (a Kuru-line warrior)
• ratha (chariot)
• rathopastha (chariot-seat)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh immediacy of battlefield karma: skill and decisive action bring swift outcomes. Ethically, it reflects the grim reality of kṣatriya-duty in a civil war—valor is praised, yet the violence remains morally weighty within the epic’s larger reflection on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report of the Kurukṣetra battle, an enemy-crushing warrior strikes a Kaurava so that he falls down from the chariot-seat, indicating a successful attack that disables or unseats the opponent.