Shloka 831

Devanagari script

ततस्तच्छब्दवित्रस्ता उत्पतन्तो भयातुरा: । निद्रान्धा नष्ट्सज्ञाक्ष तत्र तत्र निलिल्यिरे

Transliteration

tatas tacchabdavitrastā utpatanto bhayāturāḥ | nidrāndhā naṣṭasaṃjñākṣā tatra tatra nililyire ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: ثم إنهم، وقد أفزعهم ذلك الصوت، وثبوا مذعورين. أعمتهم غشاوة النوم واضطربت حواسهم وأبصارهم، فتفرّقوا واختبؤوا هنا وهناك.

Word by Word

ततःthen; thereafter

तत्that

शब्दsound; noise

वित्रस्ताःterrified; startled

उत्पतन्तःspringing up; leaping up

भयातुराःdistressed with fear

निद्रान्धाःblinded by sleep; sleep-dazed

नष्टसंज्ञाःhaving lost consciousness/sense

चand

तत्रthere

तत्रhere and there

निलिल्यिरेthey hid; they took shelter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

sound/noise (śabda)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how fear and confusion overwhelm discernment when vigilance and moral clarity are absent—especially in the disorder of nocturnal violence—showing the ethical and psychological collapse that accompanies adharma-driven warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

A sudden sound triggers panic among those who were asleep; half-awake and disoriented, they jump up in terror and hide in different places, indicating the chaos and vulnerability of the camp at night.