Shloka 67

Devanagari script

स तेन बलिना वीरश्छिद्यमान इरावता

Transliteration

sa tena balinā vīraś chidyamāna irāvatā

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—แม้ถูกอิราวตะผู้ทรงพลังฟันเฉือนจนบอบช้ำ วีรบุรุษผู้นั้นก็ยังยืนหยัดเผชิญหน้าการโจมตี—ประหนึ่งรูปแห่งความแน่วแน่ท่ามกลางความโหดร้ายของสงครามอันผูกพันด้วยหน้าที่ธรรมะ

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बलिना: by the strong (one)
• बलिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वीरः: the hero/warrior
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिद्यमानः: being cut/being wounded
• छिद्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)

• इरावता: by (the elephant) Airāvata
• इरावता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• इरावत (Irāvata)
• वीर (unnamed warrior)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfastness under harm: even while being wounded by a powerful opponent, the warrior remains a 'vīra'—suggesting the kṣatriya ideal of endurance and resolve in the performance of one’s duty amid the harsh realities of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where an unnamed heroic warrior is being struck and cut down by the mighty Irāvata; the line functions as a vivid snapshot within the ongoing combat narration.