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Shloka 10

तत्‌ प्रणुद्य रथानीकं सिंहसंहननो युवा । कुरूंस्तान्‌ प्रहसन्‌ राजन्‌ संस्थितान्‌ हृतवासस:,सिंहके समान सुदृढ़ शरीरवाले उस तरुण वीरने रथारोहियोंकी सेनाको छिज्न-भिन्न करके हँसते-हँसते उन कौरवोंको भी धराशायी कर दिया, जिससे उनके कपड़े उतार लिये गये। जैसे मदोन्मत्त सिंह वनमें विचरनेवाले मृगोंको परास्त करता है, उसी प्रकार उस वीर देवपुत्रने अकेले ही उन छः महारथियोंको हराया है

tat praṇudya rathānīkaṃ siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā | kurūṃs tān prahasan rājan saṃsthitān hṛtavāsasaḥ ||

సింహసమానంగా దృఢదేహుడైన ఆ యువ వీరుడు రథసేనను త్రోసివేసి చీల్చిచెదరగొట్టి, ఓ రాజా, నవ్వుతూ నవ్వుతూ ఆ కౌరవులను కూలదోసి, వారి వస్త్రాలు పోయిన స్థితిలో నిలిచేలా చేశాడు.

तत्that (army/force)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रणुद्यhaving driven away/repulsed
प्रणुद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नुद्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
रथ-अनीकम्the chariot-division/array
रथ-अनीकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ + अनीक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सिंह-संहननःlion-built, of lion-like frame
सिंह-संहननः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसिंह + संहनन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
युवाthe young man/warrior
युवा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुवन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुरून्the Kurus
कुरून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रहसन्laughing, smiling
प्रहसन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-हस्
FormPresent active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संस्थितान्standing/arrayed, stationed
संस्थितान्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था
FormPast passive participle, Masculine, Accusative, Plural
हृत-वाससःwhose garments were taken away
हृत-वाससः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहृत + वासस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

उत्तर उवाच

U
Uttara (speaker)
K
King (addressed as rājan)
K
Kurus/Kauravas
R
rathānīka (chariot-corps)

Educational Q&A

When aggression and theft (adharma) are pursued, the result is not only defeat but public disgrace; rightful defense carried out with courage restores moral order and exposes wrongdoing.

In the Virāṭa episode’s battle context, a young, lion-like warrior repels the Kaurava chariot formation and routs the Kurus, leaving them humiliated—described as being stripped of their garments.