Shloka 114

Devanagari script

ततो<5भवत्‌ पुनर्युद्धं घोरमत्यर्थमद्भुतम्‌

Transliteration

tato 'bhavat punar yuddhaṃ ghoraṃ atyartham adbhutam

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, once again, a battle arose—terrifying in its intensity and astonishing beyond measure.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• अभवत्: became, occurred
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Avyaya

• युद्धम्: battle, fight
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (युद्धम्-विशेषणम्)

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly, extremely
• अत्यर्थम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थ
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative: 'excessively/very much')

• अद्भुतम्: marvellous, wondrous
• अद्भुतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (युद्धम्-विशेषणम्)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the cyclical, escalating nature of war: even after pauses, conflict returns with greater terror and wonder, highlighting how adharma-driven violence repeatedly reasserts itself and tests the participants' steadiness in dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has resumed, and that it has become exceptionally fierce and extraordinary, setting the tone for the next sequence of intense combat.