Shloka 726

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

सारोहास्तुरगा: पेतुर्हतवीरा: सहस्रश: । टूटे-फूटे और अस्त-व्यस्त हुए कवच, अलंकार एवं आभूषणोंसहित सहसीरों घोड़े अपने बहादुर सवारोंके मारे जानेपर उनके साथ ही गिर पड़ते थे

Transliteration

sārohās turagāḥ petur hata-vīrāḥ sahasraśaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Hàng nghìn con ngựa, khi những kỵ sĩ anh dũng của chúng bị giết, liền gục xuống đất. Giáp trụ, đồ trang sức và yên cương vỡ nát, rơi vãi hỗn độn; ngựa ngã xuống cùng những chiến binh đã ngã—một hình ảnh về cái giá tàn nhẫn của chiến tranh và sự mong manh của vinh quang võ nghiệp.

Word by Word

• सारोहाः: riders
• सारोहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारोहीन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तुरगाः: horses
• तुरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पेतुः: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• हतवीराः: whose heroes (brave men) were slain / with slain warriors
• हतवीराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतवीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्
• Form: true

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses (turaga)
• riders/mounted warriors (sāroha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the impermanence of worldly splendour—armour and ornaments cannot shield life from death—and highlights the ethical gravity of war, where even the noble and brave fall in great numbers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath: as riders are killed, their horses also fall, amid broken armour and scattered adornments, conveying the scale and chaos of the fighting.