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
اس کا جسم—جس کا سر کٹ چکا تھا—رتھ سے نیچے گر پڑا۔
Word by Word
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अपकृत्तशीर्षwhose head was cut off
अपकृत्तशीर्ष:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपकृत्तशीर्ष
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पतितम्fallen
पतितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
रथात्from the chariot
रथात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)र
रथ (chariot)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
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.
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.