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Shloka 53

छन्नमायोधनं राजन्‌ कुण्डलाड्रदधारिभि: । पतितै: पात्यमानैश्व राजपुत्रैर्महारथै:,राजन! वहाँ गिरे और गिराये जाते हुए कुण्डल और अंगदधारी महारथी राजकुमारोंके मृत शरीरोंसे सारी युद्धभूमि आच्छादित हो रही थी

channam āyodhanaṃ rājan kuṇḍalāṅgadadhāribhiḥ | patitaiḥ pātyamānaiś ca rājaputraiḥ mahārathaiḥ ||

Sañjaya nói: Tâu Đại vương, chiến địa đang bị phủ kín bởi thi thể của các vương tử đại chiến xa—những người đeo khuyên tai và vòng tay—kẻ đã ngã xuống, người còn đang bị quật đổ xuống đất. Cảnh ấy cho thấy địa vị hoàng tộc và vẻ huy hoàng võ bị không thể che chở trước sự tàn phá vô tư của chiến tranh.

छन्नम्covered
छन्नम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootछन्न (√छद्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आयोधनम्battlefield
आयोधनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआयोधन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कुण्डलाङ्गदधारिभिःby (those) wearing earrings and armlets
कुण्डलाङ्गदधारिभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootकुण्डल + अङ्गद + धारिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
पतितैःby the fallen
पतितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित (√पत्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
पात्यमानैःby those being made to fall / being struck down
पात्यमानैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपात्यमान (√पत्, causative √पातय्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राजपुत्रैःby princes
राजपुत्रैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराजपुत्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
महारथैःby great chariot-warriors
महारथैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमहारथ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as rājan)
Ā
āyodhana (battlefield)
K
kuṇḍala (earrings)
A
aṅgada (armlets)
R
rājaputra (princes)
M
mahāratha (great chariot-warriors)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical gravity and human cost of war: even the most illustrious princes and elite warriors, marked by ornaments and status, are reduced to lifeless bodies. It implicitly warns against attachment to power and splendor, emphasizing the impartiality of death and the karmic weight of violence.

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the battlefield is becoming blanketed with the bodies of princely mahārathas—some already fallen, others in the act of being struck down—depicting the escalating carnage and the collapse of royal armies.