Shloka 1

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

पम्प बछ। अर: सप्तविशो<्ध्याय: श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनकी बातचीत

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhano mahārāja sudarśanaś cāpi te sutaḥ | hataśeṣau tadā saṅkhye vājimadhye vyavasthitau ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“大王，那时在战场上，你的儿子只剩下两人——难敌与苏达尔沙那。二人立于骑兵之中，在其余尽被诛灭之后，仍坚守原地。”

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुदर्शनः: Sudarshana
• सुदर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हत-शेषौ: the two remaining after the slaughter (survivors)
• हत-शेषौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतशेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• सङ्ख्ये: in battle
• सङ्ख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ख्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वाजि-मध्ये: in the midst of the horsemen
• वाजि-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिमध्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्यवस्थितौ: standing/positioned
• व्यवस्थितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्था (स्था धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Sudarśana
• cavalry (vāji)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the inevitable narrowing of worldly power in a war born of adharma: when righteousness is abandoned, the end often arrives as isolation amid devastation—survival itself becomes the only remainder.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at this stage of the battle, only two of his sons—Duryodhana and Sudarśana—are left, and they are standing among the cavalry forces.