Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततः कुरुषु भग्नेषु बीभत्सुरपराजित:

Transliteration

tataḥ kuruṣu bhagneṣu bībhatsur aparājitaḥ

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว เมื่อกองทัพกุรุแตกพ่ายและอลหม่าน บีภัตสุ (อรชุน) ก็ยังมิได้พ่ายแพ้—ยืนหยัดมั่นคงท่ามกลางแนวข้าศึกที่ล่มสลาย; ประหนึ่งชี้ว่า ความแน่วแน่และเจตนาธรรมย่อมดำรงอยู่ได้ แม้กองทัพจะสั่นคลอน

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रम-वाचक)

• कुरुषु: among the Kurus
• कुरुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• भग्नेषु: when (they were) broken/defeated
• भग्नेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न (√भञ्ज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (कुरुषु इति विशेषणम्)

• बीभत्सुः: Arjuna (the Terrible one)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु (अर्जुन-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपराजितः: unconquered, undefeated
• अपराजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपराजित
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (बीभत्सुः इति विशेषणम्)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurus (Kaurava host)
• Bībhatsu (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid the chaos of war and the collapse of opposing forces, the verse highlights steadfastness and moral resolve: the righteous warrior remains unshaken and 'unconquered' not merely by strength, but by disciplined purpose and adherence to duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Kuru troops have been broken and routed. In that moment of Kaurava disarray, Arjuna—called Bībhatsu—stands undefeated, indicating his dominance on the battlefield at this stage of the Karṇa Parva.