Shloka 12

Duryodhana’s Departure toward Dvaītavana; Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Caution and Śakuni’s Assurance

Devanagari script

अदहदू देवसैन्यानि वेपमानानि भूतले । ते प्रदीप्तशिरोदेहा: प्रदीप्तायुधवाहना:,इस प्रकार उन्होंने देवताओंकी सेनाको जलाना प्रारम्भ किया। सारे सैनिक पृथ्वीपर गिरकर छटपटाने लगे। किसीका शरीर जल गया, किसीका सिर, किसीके आयुध जल गये और किसीके वाहन

Transliteration

adahadū devasainyāni vepamānāni bhūtale | te pradīptaśirodehāḥ pradīptāyudhavāhanāḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Ngài bắt đầu thiêu đốt đạo quân chư thiên khi họ run rẩy trên mặt đất. Những chiến binh ấy, đầu và thân bốc lửa, vũ khí và thú cưỡi cũng cháy rực, ngã quỵ xuống đất trong đau đớn.” Đoạn này nhấn mạnh sức nặng đạo lý của quyền năng hủy diệt không được kiềm chế trong chiến trận: khi bạo lực vượt khỏi giới hạn dharma, ngay cả kẻ hùng mạnh cũng bị hạ xuống thành kẻ chịu khổ bất lực.

Word by Word

• अदहत्: burned
• अदहत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• देवसैन्यानि: the armies of the gods
• देवसैन्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवसैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वेपमानानि: trembling
• वेपमानानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेपमान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• प्रदीप्तशिरःदेहाः: whose heads and bodies were blazing
• प्रदीप्तशिरःदेहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदीप्तशिरःदेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रदीप्तायुधवाहनाः: whose weapons and mounts were blazing
• प्रदीप्तायुधवाहनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदीप्तायुधवाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• devas (the gods)
• deva-sainyāni (armies of the gods)
• āyudha (weapons)
• vāhana (mounts/vehicles)
• bhūtala (the earth/ground)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical warning that unchecked destructive force in conflict leads to indiscriminate suffering; dharma requires restraint and proportionality, even (and especially) among the powerful.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a figure (implied by context) burning the gods’ army: soldiers collapse on the ground, trembling, while their heads, bodies, weapons, and mounts are engulfed in flames.