Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पज्च चाश्वसहस्राणि रथानां शतमेव च । हत्वा प्रास्यन्दयद्‌ भीमो नदीं शोणितवाहिनीम्‌,भारत! युद्धसे पीछे न हटनेवाले दस हजार गजराजों, दो लाख और दो सौ पैदल मनुष्यों, पाँच हजार घोड़ों और सौ रथोंको नष्ट करके भीमसेनने वहाँ रक्तकी नदी बहा दी

Transliteration

pañca cāśva-sahasrāṇi rathānāṃ śatam eva ca | hatvā prāsyandayad bhīmo nadīṃ śoṇita-vāhinīm, bhārata |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Having slain five thousand horses and a hundred chariots, Bhīma caused a river of blood to flow there, O Bhārata.” The verse underscores the terrible momentum of battle: valor and steadfastness in war here manifests as overwhelming destruction, revealing the grim ethical cost that accompanies martial prowess.

Word by Word

पञ्चfive

चand

अश्वसहस्राणिthousands of horses (five thousand horses)

रथानाम्of chariots

शतम्a hundred

एवindeed/just

चand

हत्वाhaving slain

प्रास्यन्दयत्made (it) flow / caused to stream forth

भीमःBhima

नदीम्a river

शोणितवाहिनीम्flowing with blood / blood-bearing

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)

horses

chariots

river of blood (śoṇita-vāhinī nadī)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes