Shloka 14

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

तौ हताश्लौ हतरथौ पाण्डवौ भूशविक्षतौ । भ्रातरावारुरुहतु: सहदेवरथं तदा,घोड़ों एवं रथोंके नष्ट हो जानेपर अत्यन्त घायल हुए वे दोनों भाई पाण्डव उस समय सहदेवके रथपर जा चढ़े

Transliteration

tau hatāśvau hatarathau pāṇḍavau bhūśavikṣatau | bhrātarāv āruruhatuḥ sahadevarathaṃ tadā ||

Translation

三阇耶说：战马既亡、战车亦毁，那两位般度族兄弟身受重创、满身尘土，于是当时便登上了萨诃提婆的战车。

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• हताश्वौ: with horses slain
• हताश्वौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• हतरथौ: with chariot destroyed
• हतरथौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पाण्डवौ: the two Pandavas
• पाण्डवौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भूशविक्षतौ: wounded all over the body
• भूशविक्षतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूशविक्षत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भ्रातरौ: the two brothers
• भ्रातरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• आरुरुहतुः: they mounted / climbed up
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• सहदेवरथम्: Sahadeva's chariot
• सहदेवरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेवरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then / at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava brothers (two)
• Sahadeva
• Sahadeva’s chariot
• horses
• chariot

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid catastrophic loss, one should uphold duty through steadiness and cooperation; the brothers’ regrouping on Sahadeva’s chariot highlights solidarity and pragmatic action rather than despair.

What is happening in the narrative?

Two Pāṇḍava brothers, having lost their horses and chariot and being badly wounded, abandon their ruined position and mount Sahadeva’s chariot to continue the battle.