Shloka 34

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

प्रतिलभ्य तत: संज्ञां सहदेवो विशाम्पते

Transliteration

pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñāṃ sahadevo viśāmpate

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—แล้วสหเทวะ ข้าแต่ผู้เป็นใหญ่เหนือหมู่ชน ก็ได้สติกลับคืนมา

Word by Word

• प्रतिलभ्य: having regained/obtained
• प्रतिलभ्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिलभ् (धातु: लभ् + प्रति उपसर्ग)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे), कर्तरि, absolutive/gerund: 'having regained/obtained'

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• संज्ञाम्: consciousness, awareness
• संज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• विशाम्पते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति (विश् + पति)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sahadeva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid catastrophic conflict, the epic highlights endurance and the capacity to return to one’s duty; regaining consciousness here functions as a narrative marker of resilience and continued engagement with dharma in war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sahadeva, after having lost awareness (likely from injury or shock in battle), recovers consciousness, indicating he is able to continue responding to the unfolding combat.