Shloka 66

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

तस्यापकृत्तशीर्ष तु शरीरं पतितं रथात्‌

Transliteration

tasyāpakṛttaśīrṣa tu śarīraṃ patitaṃ rathāt

Translation

Sinabi ni Sanjaya: Ang kanyang katawan—na napugutan na ng ulo—ay bumagsak mula sa karwaheng pandigma. Mariing itinatampok ng taludtod ang di-mababalik na bunga ng karahasan sa digmaan.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपकृत्तशीर्ष: whose head was cut off
• अपकृत्तशीर्ष: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपकृत्तशीर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पतितम्: fallen
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• रथ (chariot)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the stark finality of death in war and implicitly warns that adharma-driven violence culminates in irreversible loss; it invites reflection on the ethical weight of warfare and the karmic consequences of destructive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior’s head has been cut off and the headless body has fallen from the chariot, marking a decisive and gruesome moment on the battlefield.