Shloka 64

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

Devanagari script

निरस्तनेत्रजिल्लान्त्रा वाजिन: सह सादिभि: । पतिताः: पात्यमानाश्ष क्षितौ क्षीणाश्ष शेरते

Transliteration

nirastanetrajihvāntarā vājiṇaḥ saha sādibhiḥ | patitāḥ pātyamānāś ca kṣitau kṣīṇāḥ śerate |

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ม้าทั้งหลายที่ดวงตา ลิ้น และไส้พุงทะลักออกมา นอนเกลื่อนอยู่บนพื้นพร้อมผู้ขี่—บางตัวล้มแล้ว บางตัวยังล้มลงเมื่อถูกฟัน—บอบช้ำแหลกและสิ้นเรี่ยวแรง”

Word by Word

• निरस्त: thrown out, protruded
• निरस्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरस् (धातु) → निरस्त (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नेत्र: eyes
• नेत्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जिह्वा: tongues
• जिह्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अन्त्राः: intestines
• अन्त्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• सादिभिः: with riders/horsemen
• सादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पतिताः: fallen
• पतिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतित (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पात्यमानाः: being made to fall, being felled
• पात्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पात्यमान (कृदन्त, कर्मणि वर्तमान)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• क्षितौ: on the earth/ground
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• क्षीणाः: exhausted, weakened
• क्षीणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षी (धातु) → क्षीण (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शेरते: lie (down), are lying
• शेरते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (धातु, शे/शीङ्) → शेरते
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses (vājiṇaḥ)
• riders/horsemen (sādibhiḥ)
• earth/ground (kṣitau)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the stark impermanence of bodily life and the grave human (and animal) cost of war; it implicitly cautions against delusion about glory, reminding that violence culminates in suffering and helplessness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield aftermath: horses, grievously wounded with organs protruding, lie dead or dying on the ground along with their riders, conveying the intensity and devastation of the fighting.