Shloka 40

Devanagari script

सहिताश्चाभ्यधावन्त ततस्ते मानवा द्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

sahitāścābhyadhāvanta tataste mānavā drutam

Translation

پھر وہ آدمی سب کے سب ایک ساتھ، متحد گروہ کی صورت میں، تیزی سے آگے لپکے۔

Word by Word

• सहिताः: together, united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (सह + इ/इण् → सहित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अभ्यधावन्त: ran towards, rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they, those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मानवाः: men, humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्रुतम्: quickly, swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mānavāḥ (men)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the power of unity and coordinated effort: when people act “sahitāḥ” (together), their movement becomes effective and decisive—an implicit ethical praise of solidarity and disciplined collective resolve.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s narration, a group of men, acting in concert, quickly rush forward—indicating an immediate, purposeful response to the situation being described in the surrounding passage.