महाभारत · 1.1.158
॥
देवनागरी
कष्टं युद्धे दश शेषाः श्रुता मे ।
त्रयो ऽस्माकं पाण्डवानां च सप्त ।
द्व्यूना विंशतिर् आहताक्षौहिणीनां ।
तस्मिन् संग्रामे विग्रहे क्षत्रियाणाम् ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
kaṣṭaṃ yuddhe daśa śeṣāḥ śrutā me |
trayo 'smākaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca sapta |
dvyūnā viṃśatir āhatākṣauhiṇīnāṃ |
tasmin saṃgrāme vigrahe kṣatriyāṇām ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
कष्टम्kaṣṭamalas; o woe
युद्धेyuddhein the battle
दश शेषाःdaśa śeṣāḥten survivors
श्रुताः मेśrutāḥ meheard by me; as I have heard
त्रयःtrayaḥthree
अस्माकम्asmākamof ours
पाण्डवानाम्pāṇḍavānāmof the Pandavas
चcaand
सप्तsaptaseven
द्व्यूना विंशतिःdvi-ūnā viṃśatiḥtwenty minus two (eighteen)
आहत-अक्षौहिणीनाम्āhata-akṣauhiṇīnāmof destroyed akshauhinis
तस्मिन् संग्रामेtasmin saṃgrāmein that battle
विग्रहेvigrahein the strife
क्षत्रियाणाम्kṣatriyāṇāmof kshatriyas
कष्टंkaṣṭaṃoriginal form «kaṣṭaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
श्रुताśrutāoriginal form «śrutā», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
त्रयोtrayooriginal form «trayo», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
ऽस्माकं'smākaṃoriginal form «'smākaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
पाण्डवानांpāṇḍavānāṃoriginal form «pāṇḍavānāṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
द्व्यूनाdvyūnāoriginal form «dvyūnā», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
विंशतिर्viṃśatiroriginal form «viṃśatir», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
आहताक्षौहिणीनांāhatākṣauhiṇīnāṃoriginal form «āhatākṣauhiṇīnāṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अनुवाद
Alas! In that battle, as I have heard, only ten survived: three of ours and seven of the Pandavas; eighteen akshauhinis of kshatriyas were destroyed in that strife.
संस्करण
06924861dc58 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 2:16:08 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The price of war is monstrous: out of countless hosts only ten warriors survived, and eighteen akshauhinis of kshatriyas were annihilated. Such is the fruit of the envy and lawlessness sown by Dhritarashtra's sons. Yet in this, too, is the Lord's design: the burden of impious kings weighing down the earth has been lifted. But the cost is appalling — and in it is the sentence passed on adharma. The Lord descends and permits such purgings when the world overflows with untruth; for the soul the lesson is one alone — to seek refuge in Him, not in pride and enmity.