Shloka 743

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

विद्रुतान्‌ रथिनो दृष्टवा मन्ये शोचति पुत्रक: । दुर्मैषण और वृषसेन भी युद्धमें मारे गये

Transliteration

vidrutān rathino dṛṣṭvā manye śocati putrakaḥ |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：见车战之士溃散奔逃，我想我儿必在悲恸。因为杜尔迈沙那与弗利沙塞那也已战死；被强大的般度诸子击溃，军阵惊惶而溃败。盟王们背离战斗，开始逃遁，连车武士也露出背影。目睹这一切，我判断我儿已为哀痛所压倒。

Word by Word

• विद्रुतान्: fled, running away
• विद्रुतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्रुत (वि+द्रुत)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• मन्ये: I think
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present Indicative, 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• शोचति: grieves, laments
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (शोचति)
• Form: Present Indicative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रकः: son (dear son)
• पुत्रकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Durmaiṣaṇa
• Vṛṣasena
• Pāṇḍavas
• allied kings (sahāyaka nareśa)
• rathins (chariot-warriors)
• army (senā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the ethical and psychological cost of war: when key warriors fall, collective morale collapses, and even those bound by kṣatriya duty may retreat. It underscores how leadership, courage, and adherence to dharma are tested under catastrophic loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Durmaiṣaṇa and Vṛṣasena are killed and the Pāṇḍavas strike the opposing forces hard, the army breaks into a rout. Allied kings and chariot-warriors flee, and Vaiśampāyana infers that his son (the listener within the frame narrative) must be grieving upon seeing this collapse.