Shloka 22

Devanagari script

हतावशेषानुत्सृज्य त्वदीयान्‌ कतिचिद्‌ रथान्‌ । जवेनाभ्यद्रवद्‌ राजन्‌ धनंजयरथं प्रति

Transliteration

hatāvaśeṣān utsṛjya tvadīyān katicid rathān | javena abhyadravad rājan dhanaṃjaya-rathaṃ prati, nareśvara! bharataśreṣṭha ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—اے راجن! تمہارے بچ جانے والے چند رتھیوں کو چھوڑ کر وہ (بھیم) بڑی تیزی سے دھننجے کے رتھ کی طرف لپکا۔

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• अवशेषान्: the remaining (ones)
• अवशेषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उत्सृज्य: having left/abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• त्वदीयान्: your (belonging to you)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कतिचित्: some, a few
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कतिचित् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जवेन: with speed
• जवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवत्: ran towards/charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + द्रु (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धनंजय: of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरत-श्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• राजन् / नरेश्वर / भरतश्रेष्ठ (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed)
• धनंजय (Arjuna)
• रथ (chariot)
• त्वदीय रथी (Kaurava chariot-warriors, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of prioritizing decisive engagement: a warrior, setting aside lesser targets, hastens toward a principal opponent. It reflects kṣatriya resolve and the strategic focus expected in dharma-yuddha contexts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, leaving a few surviving Kaurava chariot-warriors behind, the fighter in view charges swiftly toward Arjuna’s chariot, intensifying the direct confrontation around Dhanañjaya.