Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अमानुषं मनुष्येन्द्रैजीलं विततमन्तरा । न मे सैन्यास्तरिष्यन्ति ततः क्रोशामि संजय,तात संजय! मुझे युधिष्ठिरके क्रोधसे, अर्जुनके पराक्रमसे, दोनों भाई नकुल और सहदेवसे तथा भीमसेनसे बड़ा भय लगता है। संजय! इन नरेशोंके द्वारा मेरी सेनाके भीतर जब अलौकिक अस्त्रोंका जाल-सा बिछा दिया जायगा, तब मेरे सैनिक उसे पार नहीं कर सकेंगे; इसीलिये मैं बिलख रहा हूँ

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |

amānuṣaṃ manuṣyendrair jālaṃ vitatam antarā |

na me sainyās tariṣyanti tataḥ krośāmi sañjaya ||

Translation

হে সঞ্জয়! মনুষ্যেন্দ্ৰ এই ৰজাসকলে মোৰ সেনাৰ মাজত অমানুষ অস্ত্ৰজাল বিস্তাৰ কৰিলে, মোৰ বাহিনী তাক অতিক্ৰম কৰিব নোৱাৰে; সেয়ে মই ব্যাকুল হৈ আৰ্তনাদ কৰিছোঁ।

Word by Word

अमानुषम्non-human, supernatural

मनुष्येन्द्रैःby the lords of men (kings)

जालम्net, mesh

विततम्spread out, extended

अन्तराwithin, in between

नnot

मेof me, my

सैन्याःsoldiers, troops

तरिष्यन्तिwill cross, will pass over

ततःtherefore, from that

क्रोशामिI cry out, I wail

संजयO Sañjaya

तातO dear one / O son

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

sainyāḥ (Kaurava troops)

amānuṣa-jāla (superhuman net of weapons/astras)

manuṣyendra (great kings/warriors)

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?

Unchecked attachment and partiality in rulership culminate in fear and moral collapse: Dhṛtarāṣṭra foresees the destructive power unleashed by great warriors and laments the consequences of a war he could have prevented through dharmic restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, as war becomes imminent, Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks to Sañjaya in distress, imagining the opposing heroes deploying overwhelming, almost superhuman weaponry that will entangle and devastate his forces, leaving his soldiers unable to escape.