Shloka 78

Devanagari script

रथिनो रथिश्रि: सार्ध चित्र युयुधुराहवे

Transliteration

rathino rathiśriḥ sārdha citra yuyudhur āhave

Translation

三阇耶说道：诸车战士与那位声名显赫的车战豪杰一道，在战场上展开凶猛而纷呈的厮杀——这正是战争合力奔涌的写照：武勇与盟约驱使人们踏入险境，纵然屠戮背负着沉重的道义之重。

Word by Word

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथिश्रियः: the splendors/glories of chariot-warriors
• रथिश्रियः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथि-श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• सार्धम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• चित्राः: variegated, splendid, remarkable
• चित्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युयुधुः: fought
• युयुधुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)
• rathiśrīḥ (an eminent chariot-warrior, unspecified in this fragment)
• ratha (chariot, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how war gathers individuals into collective violence: renowned leaders and ordinary chariot-fighters alike are swept into combat. It invites reflection on kṣatriya valor and alliance, while implicitly highlighting the ethical gravity of battle where glory and destruction coexist.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the chariot-warriors, along with a particularly eminent chariot-fighter, fought together in the battle. The phrasing emphasizes the intensity and ‘variegated’ nature of the clash—many fighters and many forms of engagement occurring at once.