Shloka 116

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements

Devanagari script

पातयामास कौरव्यं रथोपस्थादरिंदम: । फिर हँसते-हँसते उन शत्रुदमन वीरने कुरुवंशी जयत्सेनको नाराचसे घायल करके उसे रथकी बैठकसे नीचे गिरा दिया

Transliteration

pātayāmāsa kauravyaṁ rathopasthād ariṁdamaḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：那位降伏仇敌的勇士击倒了俱卢人，使其从战车座上坠落。此景昭示战阵之势汹涌不息，武力与谋略之精确在刹那间判定生死；而在手足相残的沉重道义阴影下，武艺之卓绝仍被毫不停歇地展现。

Word by Word

• पातयामास: caused to fall; felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (णिच् causative: पातयति) + आस् (लिट् periphrastic)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्ष/भूतार्थे; periphrastic perfect), 3, singular

• कौरव्यम्: the Kaurava (man)
• कौरव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• रथोपस्थात्: from the chariot-seat
• रथोपस्थात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ + उपस्थ
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• अरिंदमः: enemy-subduing (hero)
• अरिंदमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaurava (a Kuru-line warrior)
• ratha (chariot)
• rathopastha (chariot-seat)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh immediacy of battlefield karma: skill and decisive action bring swift outcomes. Ethically, it reflects the grim reality of kṣatriya-duty in a civil war—valor is praised, yet the violence remains morally weighty within the epic’s larger reflection on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sañjaya’s report of the Kurukṣetra battle, an enemy-crushing warrior strikes a Kaurava so that he falls down from the chariot-seat, indicating a successful attack that disables or unseats the opponent.