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Shloka 1143

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

उदतिष्ठन्‌ कबन्धानि बहुन्युत्थाय चापतन्‌ । सहसौरों मनुष्य मारे जाकर पृथ्वीपर पड़े थे। उनमेंसे बहुतेरे कबन्ध (धड़) उठकर खड़े हो जाते और पुनः गिर पड़ते थे

udatiṣṭhan kabandhāni bahūny utthāya cāpatan |

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า— ลำตัวไร้ศีรษะจำนวนมากลุกขึ้นยืน และเมื่อยืนแล้วก็ล้มลงอีกครั้ง. ผู้คนเป็นพันถูกสังหารนอนเกลื่อนบนแผ่นดิน; ในหมู่ศพเหล่านั้น ลำตัวหลายร่างผุดลุกขึ้นแล้วก็ทรุดลงสู่พื้นอีกครา.

उदतिष्ठन्stood up, arose
उदतिष्ठन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-स्था (स्था)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada
कबन्धानिtrunks (headless bodies)
कबन्धानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकबन्ध
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
बहूनिmany
बहूनि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-स्था (स्था)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपतन्fell down
अपतन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
Formलङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
kabandha (headless trunks/torsoes)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the gruesome consequences of unchecked violence: war does not yield true victory but leaves devastation and fear. It implicitly warns that adharma-driven slaughter dehumanizes all involved and produces only suffering.

Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene after the night massacre: numerous severed torsos (kabandhas) appear to rise and then collapse again, conveying the terrifying, chaotic aftermath among the heaps of the dead.