Shloka 376

Devanagari script

अदृश्यं समरे चक्र: सायकौचै: समन्तत: । तब उन सभी पुरुषसिंह महारथियोंने भी समरांगणमें सब ओरसे बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करके अर्जुनको अदृश्य कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

adṛśyaṃ samare cakruḥ sāyakaughaiḥ samantataḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, they made him invisible on every side with dense masses of arrows. Those lion-like great chariot-warriors, showering volleys all around the field, so covered Arjuna that he could no longer be seen—showing how martial prowess can, for a moment, eclipse even the foremost hero amid the fury of war.

Word by Word

• अदृश्यम्: invisible (as an object/state made)
• अदृश्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चक्रः: made / did
• चक्रः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकौघैः: with masses/hosts of arrows
• सायकौघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायकौघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, sheer force and coordinated aggression can overwhelm perception and visibility itself; it implicitly cautions that battlefield success often depends on collective tactics and intensity, not only individual fame—raising ethical awareness of war’s engulfing, dehumanizing momentum.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that multiple great chariot-warriors unleash a surrounding rain of arrows, creating such a dense barrage that Arjuna becomes hidden from view on the battlefield.