Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नैव नस्तादृशं राजन दृष्टपूर्व न च श्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

naiva nas tādṛśaṁ rājan dṛṣṭapūrvaṁ na ca śrutam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, never before have we seen anything like this, nor have we even heard of it.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• तादृशम्: such (a thing)
• तादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दृष्टपूर्वम्: previously seen
• दृष्टपूर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्टपूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the moral and psychological shock of war: some acts and outcomes exceed ordinary human experience, reminding the listener that adharma-driven conflict can produce unprecedented, unsettling consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, pauses to emphasize that what has just occurred is extraordinary—something neither he nor others have ever witnessed or even heard described before.