Shloka 7

Devanagari script

धनंजयशराभ्यस्तै: स्यन्दनाश्वरथद्विपै: । संछिन्नभिन्नविध्वस्तैर्व्यज्राज़ावयवै: स्तृता

Transliteration

dhanañjayaśarābhyastaiḥ syandanāśvarathadvipaiḥ | sañchinnabhinnavidhvastair vyajāḍāva-yavaiḥ stṛtā ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ด้วยศรของธนัญชยะ (อรชุน) ที่กระหน่ำซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า รถศึก ม้า และช้างถูกตัดขาด แยกแตก และพินาศย่อยยับ อวัยวะและชิ้นส่วนกระจัดกระจาย จนพื้นดิน ณ ที่นั้นถูกปกคลุมด้วยซากที่แตกหักเหล่านั้น

Word by Word

• धनंजय-शर-अभ्यस्तैः: by those repeatedly struck by Dhananjaya’s arrows
• धनंजय-शर-अभ्यस्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनंजय + शर + अभ्यस्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• स्यन्दन-अश्व-रथ-द्विपैः: by chariots, horses, chariot(-parts)/cars, and elephants
• स्यन्दन-अश्व-रथ-द्विपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्यन्दन + अश्व + रथ + द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संछिन्न-भिन्न-विध्वस्तैः: by (things) cut off, shattered, and destroyed
• संछिन्न-भिन्न-विध्वस्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संछिन्न + भिन्न + विध्वस्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• व्यज्र-आस्र-अवयवैः: by hard/bone-like, blood-smeared limbs (scattered parts)
• व्यज्र-आस्र-अवयवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यज्र + आस्र + अवयव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• स्तृता: (the earth/ground) was strewn/covered
• स्तृता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तॄ (स्तृ) → स्तृत (PPP)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• arrows
• chariots
• horses
• elephants
• battlefield ground

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim reality of war: even when framed as kṣatriya-duty, martial excellence produces widespread destruction. It invites reflection on the ethical weight of violence and the impermanence of power and bodies amid conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield after repeated volleys from Arjuna: chariots, horses, and elephants have been cut to pieces and ruined, their parts scattered so densely that the ground is covered with the wreckage.