Shloka 97

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तमसि संजाते प्रमूढा: सर्वतो जना:

Transliteration

tasmiṁs tamasi saṁjāte pramūḍhāḥ sarvato janāḥ

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—যখন সেই ঘোর অন্ধকার নেমে এল, তখন সর্বত্র লোকজন বিমূঢ় হয়ে পড়ল।

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तमसि: in darkness
• तमसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संजाते: when (it) had arisen/occurred
• संजाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रमूढाः: bewildered, confused
• प्रमूढाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√मुह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वतः: on all sides, everywhere
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• janāḥ (people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how darkness—both literal and symbolic—breeds collective confusion. In the ethical frame of the Sauptika episode, it suggests that actions done under the cover of night and rage tend to spread fear, impair discernment, and destabilize dharmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes the onset of darkness and its immediate effect: people everywhere become disoriented. This sets the atmosphere for the Sauptika Parva’s night events, where surprise, panic, and moral chaos dominate the scene.