Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यदृच्छया निपतितं चक्रमादित्यगोचरम्‌ । महावातसमुत्थेन संशुष्कमिव सागरम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yadṛcchayā nipatitaṃ cakram ādityagocaram |

mahāvātasamutthena saṃśuṣkam iva sāgaram |

Translation

三阇耶说：“仿佛偶然间太阳之轮坠离其道，仿佛大海被狂风吹得枯竭——那一刻的难敌便是如此：光彩与自恃尽碎，勇力在命运与战争的报应前化为徒然。”

Word by Word

• यदृच्छया: by chance
• यदृच्छया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• निपतितम्: fallen down
• निपतितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चक्रम्: wheel/disc
• चक्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आदित्य-गोचरम्: in the range/path of the sun
• आदित्य-गोचरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदित्यगोचर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महावत-समुत्थेन: raised by a great wind
• महावत-समुत्थेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावतसमुत्थ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संशुष्कम्: completely dried up
• संशुष्कम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-शुष्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: true

• सागरम्: ocean
• सागरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Āditya (the Sun)
• cakra (solar disc)
• sāgara (ocean)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses cosmic similes to show how pride and power can collapse suddenly; in war, adharma-driven ambition meets inevitable reversal, highlighting impermanence and the moral weight of karma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the scene with striking comparisons—sun’s disc fallen, ocean dried by a gale—to convey the shock and ruin visible in Duryodhana’s condition at that moment.