Shloka 17
Devanagari script
क्रोशन्तस्तात पुत्रेति पलायन्ते परे भयात्
Transliteration
krośantastāta putreti palāyante pare bhayāt
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Crying out, ‘Father!’ and ‘Son!’, the others flee in terror.”
Word by Word
क्रोशन्तःcrying, shouting
क्रोशन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्रुश्
Formशतृ (वर्तमानकाले), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तातO father! (dear father)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
पुत्रO son!
पुत्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
इतिthus, saying
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
पलायन्तेthey flee, run away
पलायन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootपलाय्
Formलट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन
परेothers, the rest (people)
परे:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
भयात्from fear, out of fear
भयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootभय
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraF
father (tāta)S
son (putra)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
The verse highlights the moral cost of war: when fear and suffering peak, social roles and even sacred family bonds (father/son) surface as cries of helplessness, revealing how violence overwhelms dharma and human composure.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a battlefield scene where people, terrified, are fleeing while crying out to their kin—calling ‘Father!’ and ‘Son!’—signaling chaos, panic, and the collapse of order amid the fighting.