Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततः कुलिन्देषु हतेषु तेष्वथ प्रह्ष्रूपास्तव ते महारथा: । भशं प्रदध्मुर्लवणाम्बुसम्भवान्‌ परांश्न बाणासनपाणयो< भ्ययु:

Transliteration

tataḥ kulindeṣu hateṣu teṣv atha prahṛṣṭarūpās tava te mahārathāḥ | śaṅkhaṃ pradadhmur lavaṇāmbu-sambhavān parāñ śatrūn bāṇāsana-pāṇayo 'bhyayuḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：当那些库林达勇士被诛杀之后，你方的大车战士显出欢欣之色。他们大声吹响海中咸水所生的法螺，手执弓箭，猛然扑向敌军。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कुलिन्देषु: among the Kulindas
• कुलिन्देषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलिन्द
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• हतेषु: when (they were) slain
• हतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तेषु: in/among them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अथ: then, now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• प्रहृष्टाः: delighted, very glad
• प्रहृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भृशम्: loudly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• प्रदध्मुः: blew (trumpeted)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ध्मा
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• लवणाम्बुसम्भवान्: conches born of the salt-water (ocean)
• लवणाम्बुसम्भवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण-अम्बु-सम्भव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परान्: enemies, opponents
• परान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• बाणासनपाणयः: those whose hands held arrows and bow
• बाणासनपाणयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण-आसन-पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्ययुः: rushed upon, attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + या
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kulindas
• Kaurava mahārathas (your great chariot-warriors)
• conch (śaṅkha)
• bow (āsana/dhanus)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• enemies (śatravaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a moral-psychological pattern in war: success and the fall of opponents can produce exhilaration that fuels further violence. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical landscape, this raises tension between kṣatriya duty (pressing the battle) and the danger of becoming driven by triumph and aggression rather than disciplined dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the Kulinda fighters are killed, the Kaurava-side elite warriors (addressed as 'your' by Sañjaya to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) rejoice, blow their conches loudly, and charge the opposing forces with bows and arrows ready.