Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पूर्व यथा वृषसेनप्रयुक्ति- रभ्याहत: श्वेतहय: शरैस्तै:

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ yathā vṛṣasenaprayukti-r abhyāhataḥ śvetahayaḥ śaraiḥ taiḥ

Translation

三阇耶说道：正如先前一般，那些白马又被射向弗利沙塞那的箭矢击中而倒毙——同样的惨烈再度上演，战场的暴烈无情地循环不息。

Word by Word

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya (comparative particle)

• वृषसेनप्रयुक्तिः: the discharge/shot made by Vr̥ṣasena
• वृषसेनप्रयुक्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेनप्रयुक्ति
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• अभ्याहतः: struck, smitten
• अभ्याहतः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-आ-हन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle)

• श्वेतहयः: the white horse
• श्वेतहयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतहय
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• तैः: with those (arrows)
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛṣasena
• white horses
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the grim inevitability and repetitive momentum of war: once violence is set in motion, the same patterns of destruction recur, reminding the listener of the ethical cost and the inexorable consequences of martial choices.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where the white horses are again struck down by arrows associated with Vṛṣasena’s engagement—emphasizing that the assault mirrors an earlier episode, intensifying the sense of ongoing, relentless combat.