Shloka 33

Devanagari script

हता उदीच्या निहताः: प्रतीच्या: प्राच्या निरस्ता दाक्षिणात्या विशस्ता:

Transliteration

hatā udīcyā nihatāḥ pratīcyāḥ prācyā nirastā dākṣiṇātyā viśastāḥ

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “Napatay na ang mga mandirigma sa hilagang panig; nabuwal ang mga kawal sa kanluran; nagkawatak-watak at nalipol ang mga kṣatriya ng silangan; at ang mga mandirigma sa timog ay pinaghihiwa-hiwalay. Kaunting labi na lamang ang natitira sa mga Saṁsaptaka. Ako mismo ang sumira sa kalahati ng buong hukbong Kaurava. O Hari, ang malawak na hukbo ng mga Bhārata—nagniningning na parang hukbo ng mga diyos—ay ibinagsak ng aking sariling kamay at ngayo’y nakahimlay na tila natutulog sa larangan ng digmaan.”

Word by Word

• हताः: slain
• हताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उदीच्याः: northerners (men of the north)
• उदीच्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निहताः: killed, struck down
• निहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु) → निहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रतीच्याः: westerners (men of the west)
• प्रतीच्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राच्याः: easterners (men of the east)
• प्राच्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरस्ताः: destroyed, driven off, laid low
• निरस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अस्/निर्-अस् (धातु) → निरस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दाक्षिणात्याः: southerners (men of the south)
• दाक्षिणात्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षिणात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विशस्ताः: cut down, hewn down
• विशस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-शस् (धातु) → विशस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• Kaurava army
• Bhāratas
• Saṁsaptakas
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)
• devas (as a comparison: 'army of the gods')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral and psychological texture of war: victory-talk and self-assertion arise amid catastrophic loss. By listing the slain from every direction, the narration underscores the totalizing nature of conflict—how pride and triumphal claims can coexist with the ethical horror of mass killing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra a sweeping account of battlefield devastation, describing fighters from all quarters being killed and noting that only a small portion of the Saṁsaptakas remains. He claims personal responsibility for destroying a large part of the Kaurava host, and depicts the fallen army lying on the field.