Shloka 63

Devanagari script

|| अथोक्क्ुष्टं महाराज धार्तराष्ट्री: समन्‍्तत:

Transliteration

athokkuṣṭaṃ mahārāja dhārtarāṣṭrīḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O großer König, da erhoben die Frauen des Hauses Dhṛtarāṣṭra ringsum laute Klagerufe.“

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• उत्कृष्टम्: raised up; exalted; loud (shout)
• उत्कृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कृष्ट
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• धार्तराष्ट्र्यः: the women of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s line (Kaurava women)
• धार्तराष्ट्र्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides; all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhārtarāṣṭrīḥ (women of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s household)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the human cost of war: beyond battlefield outcomes, the suffering of families—especially the women of the royal household—becomes an unavoidable consequence of destructive choices and the erosion of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a widespread cry of lamentation arises among the women of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s household, indicating distress in response to grim news from the war.