Shloka 7

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

अनुमानेन संज्ञाभिननामगोत्रैश्व संयुगे । वर्तते च तथा युद्ध तत्र तत्र विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! उस रणक्षेत्रमें अनुमानसे, संकेतोंसे तथा नाम और गोत्रोंके उच्चारणसे अपने या पराये पक्षका निश्चय करके जहाँ-तहाँ युद्ध हो रहा था

Transliteration

anumānena saṃjñābhir nāma-gotraiś ca saṃyuge | vartate ca tathā yuddhaṃ tatra tatra viśāṃpate prajānātha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of the people, O king of men—on that battlefield, fighters were identifying one another as friend or foe by inference, by agreed signals, and by calling out names and lineages; and thus, in many places, the fighting was going on in that very manner.”

Word by Word

अनुमानेनby inference/guess

संज्ञाभिःby signals/signs

नामby (uttering) the name

गोत्रैःby (uttering) lineages/clans

चand

संयुगेin the battle

वर्ततेwas going on/occurred

चand

तथाthus/in that manner

युद्धम्the fighting/battle

तत्रthere

तत्रthere (here and there)

विशाम्पतेO lord of the people

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by addresses viśāṃpate, prajānātha)

battlefield (Kurukṣetra implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes