Shloka 33

Adhyāya 74 (Book 6, Bhīṣma-parva): Bhīma–Duryodhana re-engagement and afternoon escalation

Devanagari script

परिपेतुर्हयाश्चात्र केचिच्छस्त्रकृतव्रणा: । रथान्‌ विपरिकर्षन्तो हतेषु रथयोथधिषु,उस युद्धस्थलमें कितने ही घोड़े अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंक आधातसे घायल होकर अपने रथियोंके मारे जानेके बाद भी रथ खींचते हुए भागते और गिर पड़ते थे

Transliteration

paripetur hayāś cātra kecic chastrakṛtavraṇāḥ | rathān viparikṛṣanto hateṣu rathayodhiṣu ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ในสนามรบนั้น มีม้าบางตัวถูกฟันแทงด้วยอาวุธจนบาดเจ็บ วิ่งพล่านไปทั่ว. แม้สารถีและนักรบรถศึกของมันจะถูกสังหารแล้ว มันก็ยังลากรถศึกหนีไป ก่อนจะล้มลงในที่สุด.

Word by Word

• परिपेतुः: fell down / collapsed
• परिपेतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• हयाः: horses
• हयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अत्र: here (in this place/battlefield)
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क-चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शस्त्रकृतव्रणाः: having wounds made by weapons
• शस्त्रकृतव्रणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्र-कृत-व्रण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विपरिकर्षन्तः: dragging / pulling along
• विपरिकर्षन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-परि-√कृष्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हतेषु: when (they were) slain / among the slain
• हतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हन् (हत)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Plural

• रथयोथधिषु: among the chariot-warriors (charioteers/fighters on chariots)
• रथयोथधिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ-योद्धृ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses (hayāḥ)
• chariots (rathāḥ)
• chariot-warriors/charioteers (ratha-yodhi)