Shloka 32

अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च

Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents

Devanagari script

शतघ्नीनां सचक्राणां भुजानां चोरुभि: सह । कण्ठसूत्राज़दानां च केयूराणां च मारिष

Transliteration

śataghnīnāṃ sacakrāṇāṃ bhujānāṃ corubhiḥ saha | kaṇṭhasūtrāz-dānāṃ ca keyūrāṇāṃ ca māriṣa

Translation

Sabi ni Sañjaya: “O iginagalang na ginoo, naroon din ang mga śataghnī at mga makinang may gulong, at mga bisig na naputol kasama ng mga hita—kasama ang mga kuwintas sa leeg at mga pulseras sa bisig.” Kaya ang larangan ng digmaan ay nagkalat ng mga sirang palamuti at mga napira-pirasong bahagi ng katawan ng mga mandirigma, patotoo sa kakila-kilabot na halaga ng di-matuwid na pagpaslang na ito.

Word by Word

• शतघ्नीनाम्: of the sataghnīs (missiles/engines of war)
• शतघ्नीनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतघ्नी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• सचक्राणाम्: of those with wheels
• सचक्राणाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सचक्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भुजानाम्: of arms
• भुजानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऊरुभिः: with thighs
• ऊरुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• कण्ठसूत्राजदानाम्: of neck-threads and ajadas (neck-ornaments/garlands)
• कण्ठसूत्राजदानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठसूत्राजद
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• केयूराणाम्: of armlets
• केयूराणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केयूर
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मारिष: O noble one / O sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• śataghnī (weapon)
• cakra (wheels of war-engines/vehicles)
• kaṇṭhasūtra (neck-ornament/cord)
• keyūra (armlet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim reality of war: not only bodies but also the symbols of status and identity (ornaments) are reduced to debris. It implicitly warns that violence strips away human dignity and reveals the impermanence of worldly distinctions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya is describing the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, listing weapons and the scattered remains of warriors—severed limbs and fallen ornaments—emphasizing the scale and horror of the fighting in the Karṇa Parva.