Shloka 243

Devanagari script

अद्य सप्तैव चाहानि हत: संख्येडभिमन्युना । “अभी सात दिन ही हुए हैं, अभिमन्युने मगधदेशके राजा महाबली जयत्सेनको युद्धमें मार डाला था

Transliteration

adya saptaiva cāhāni hataḥ saṅkhye 'bhimanyunā |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“不过七日前，阿毗曼纽便在战场上将他斩杀。”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अहानि: days
• अहानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• हतः: killed/slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हत-)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सङ्ख्ये: in battle/in combat
• सङ्ख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अभिमन्युना: by Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the immediacy of karmic consequence in war: killings are not distant history but recent, living realities, reminding listeners that violence rapidly multiplies grief and moral burden.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the person being discussed was killed by Abhimanyu only seven days earlier, emphasizing how recent the event is within the unfolding war chronology.