Shloka 56

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

व्याकुलं तदभूत्‌ सर्व पाण्डवानां परै: सह

Transliteration

vyākulaṃ tad abhūt sarvaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ paraiḥ saha

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the entire host of the Pāṇḍavas, together with their opposing foes, fell into turmoil and confusion—an image of the battlefield’s moral and emotional disarray as the struggle for victory overwhelms steadiness of mind.

Word by Word

• vyākulam: agitated, confused
• vyākulam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyākula
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• tat: that (situation/thing)
• tat: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• abhūt: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• sarvam: entire, wholly
• sarvam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• pāṇḍavānām: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• paraiḥ: by/with the enemies, by others
• paraiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: para
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• saha: together with
• saha: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• enemies/opposing warriors (parāḥ)