Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तत्राक्रन्दो महानासीत्‌ पञ्चालानां महारणे

Transliteration

tatrākrando mahān āsīt pāñcālānāṃ mahāraṇe

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, amid the great battle, a mighty wail arose from the Pāñcālas—an outcry of anguish that marks the human cost of war and the shattering of a community in the clash of arms.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आक्रन्दः: cry, wailing
• आक्रन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

• पञ्चालानाम्: of the Panchalas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāñcālas
• mahāraṇa (the great battle)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when war is framed as duty, its immediate reality is grief: the verse foregrounds collective suffering, reminding the listener that dharma in conflict carries tragic human consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at that point in the great battle, the Pāñcālas raised a tremendous cry—suggesting heavy losses or a sudden calamity befalling their side.