Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वदीयाश्ष परे च सायकै: कृते<न्धकारे ददृशुर्न किंचन

Transliteration

tatastvadīyāś ca pare ca sāyakaiḥ kṛte ’ndhakāre dadṛśur na kiñcana

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, when darkness was produced by the volleys of arrows, both your warriors and the opposing host could see nothing at all. In the moral haze of war, even vision and discernment are overwhelmed by the very weapons men choose to unleash.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्वदीयाः: your (men/warriors)
• त्वदीयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परे: the others (the opposing side)
• परे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कृते: when (it was) made/caused
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्धकारे: in darkness
• अन्धकारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धकार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ददृशुः: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

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

• किञ्चन: anything
• किञ्चन: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana (implied by tvadīyāḥ)
• Kaurava army (implied)
• Pāṇḍava army (implied)
• arrows (sāyaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how violence breeds confusion: the very act of saturating the field with weapons creates literal and symbolic darkness, obscuring sight and judgment for both sides.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that intense arrow-fire has filled the battlefield so densely that it becomes dark, and neither the Kauravas nor the opposing warriors can see anything.