Shloka 256

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

योत्स्यन्ते सह राजेन्द्र हनिष्यन्ति च तान्‌ मृथे । 'राजेन्द्र! अथवा ये सभी योद्धा पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरके अनुयायियोंके साथ युद्ध करेंगे और उन सबको रणभूमिमें मार गिरायेंगे

Transliteration

yotsyante saha rājendra haniṣyanti ca tān mṛdhe |

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช พวกเขาจะร่วมกันออกรบ และในสมรภูมิจะสังหารพวกนั้นให้ล้มลง

Word by Word

• योत्स्यन्ते: they will fight
• योत्स्यन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

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

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• हनिष्यन्ति: they will kill
• हनिष्यन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• तान्: those (men/them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मृथे: in battle
• मृथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• rājendra (the addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the war-ethic of the epic: leaders and warriors speak in terms of collective resolve and decisive action, where the ruler is urged to view the conflict as an unavoidable contest culminating in the killing of opponents—raising the tension between kṣatriya-duty and the moral weight of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a king ('rājendra') and declares that the warriors will fight together and kill 'them' in the battle, conveying confidence (or warning) about the coming clash and its lethal outcome.