Shloka 86

Devanagari script

ततः स्वशिबिरं प्राप्य व्यतिष्ठन्त ससैनिका: । दुर्योधनकी खोज करते-करते जब पाण्डवोंके वाहन बहुत थक गये, तब सभी पाण्डव सैनिकोंसहित अपने शिविरमें आकर ठहर गये

Transliteration

tataḥ svaśibiraṃ prāpya vyatiṣṭhanta sasainikāḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：随后他们回到本营，与诸军一同停驻。追寻杜罗约陀那良久，坐骑尽皆疲惫不堪，普利塔之子们便率军返营，在营中列阵而立——这无声地承认了追击之限度，也承认了在战争重压下必须整顿重聚。

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• स्व: own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter; (in compound, indeclinable-like prefix meaning 'own')

• शिबिरम्: camp
• शिबिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर
• Form: Neuter; Accusative; Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्); 'having reached'

• व्यतिष्ठन्त: they halted; they stood
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-स्था
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्); Parasmaipada; 3rd person; Plural

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स
• Form: Avyaya (prefix/preposition-like: 'with')

• सैनिकाः: soldiers
• सैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: Masculine; Nominative; Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Duryodhana
• śibira (camp)
• vāhana (mounts/vehicles)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in righteous struggle, action must be tempered by discernment: when pursuit exhausts men and mounts, it is prudent to withdraw, consolidate, and preserve strength rather than press on blindly.

What is happening in the narrative?

After an extended search for Duryodhana that leaves their mounts worn out, the Pāṇḍavas, accompanied by their troops, reach their own camp and halt there.