Shloka 31
Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall
Droṇa-parva
नापश्याम ततत्त्वेनं सैन्ये वै रजसावृते
nāpaśyāma tatattvenaṃ sainye vai rajasāvṛte
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—ৰণধূলিত আৱৃত সেই সেনাত আমি তেওঁক তেওঁৰ সত্য অৱস্থা আৰু স্থানত স্পষ্টকৈ দেখা নাপালোঁ। যুদ্ধৰ ধূলিয়ে দৃষ্টি আচ্ছন্ন কৰিছিল; সেয়ে সেই কোলাহলত নিশ্চিত হোৱাটো কঠিন আছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the conditions of conflict—dust, agitation, and chaos—distort perception. Ethically, it suggests caution in judgment during turmoil: when clarity is obstructed, certainty about persons and events becomes unreliable.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, amid the dust-choked battlefield and the press of armies, they could not clearly make out the person being referred to (him) in a definite, truthful way.