Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सकृदग्रहा: कुलत्थाश्न हूणा: पारसिकैः सह । तथैव रमणाश्नीनास्तथैव दशमालिका:,सकृदग्रह, कुलत्थ, हूण, पारसिक, रमण-चीन, दशमालिक, क्षत्रियोंके उपनिवेश, वैश्यों और शाूद्रोंके जनपद, शूद्र, आभीर, दरद, काश्मीर, पशु, खाशीर, अन्तचार, पह्वव, गिरिगह्वर, आत्रेय, भरद्वाज, स्तनपोषिक, प्रोषक, कलिंग, किरात जातियोंके जनपद, तोमर, हनन्‍्यमान और करभंजक इत्यादि

Transliteration

sa-kṛd-grahāḥ kulatthāśnā hūṇāḥ pārasikaiḥ saha | tathaiva ramaṇāśnīnās tathaiva daśamālikāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There are also those called the ‘single-seizers’, the kulattha-eaters, the Hūṇas together with the Pārasikas; likewise the Ramaṇas, and likewise the Daśamālikas.”

Word by Word

सकृत्once

अग्रहाःthose who do not seize/hold (non-graspers); (as a tribal epithet)

कुलत्थाश्नाःeating horse-gram (kulattha)

हूणाःHunas (a people/tribe)

पारसिकैःwith/by the Persians

सहtogether with

तथाthus, likewise

एवindeed, just

रमणाश्नीनाःeating 'ramana' (as a tribal epithet/food-name)

तथाlikewise

एवindeed

दशमालिकाःDashamalikas (a people/tribe)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sakṛdgrahāḥ

Kulattha

Hūṇāḥ

Pārasikāḥ

Ramaṇāḥ

Daśamālikāḥ

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is not a direct moral injunction; its ethical-narrative force lies in showing the vast scope of the Kurukṣetra conflict and the epic world—many communities with distinct customs are drawn into the orbit of the war, reminding the listener that large-scale adharma or dharma in kingship affects far more than a single dynasty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reciting a list of peoples/communities (often frontier groups) as part of a broader descriptive catalogue in Bhīṣma Parva, situating the war within a wide geographic and social horizon.