Mahabharata 9.64.11 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 64, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

बहूनि सुनृशंसानि कृतानि खलु पाण्डवै:

Transliteration

bahūni sunṛśaṃsāni kṛtāni khalu pāṇḍavaiḥ

Translation

قال سنجيا: «حقًّا لقد ارتكب الباندافا أعمالًا كثيرة قاسيةً لا رحمة فيها».

Word by Word

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सुनृशंसानि: cruel, inhuman
• सुनृशंसानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनृशंस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कृतानि: done, committed
• कृतानि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Plural, Passive (participial)

• खलु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खलु

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pandavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पाण्डव (Pāṇḍavas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how, in war, even those aligned with dharma can be accused of cruelty; it invites ethical reflection on whether ends justify means and how violence stains all parties.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, remarks that the Pāṇḍavas have committed many harsh acts—an evaluative comment that frames the unfolding war narrative in moral terms.