Shloka 1023
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
Devanagari script
क्रोशन्तस्तात पुत्रेति दैवोपहतचेतस: । प्रभो! वे भागे हुए सैनिक एक-दूसरेको पहचान नहीं पाते थे। दैववश उनकी बुद्धि मारी गयी थी। वे “हा तात! हा पुत्र!” कहकर अपने स्वजनोंको पुकार रहे थे
Transliteration
krośantastāta putreti daivopahatacetasaḥ |
Translation
Sañjaya said: Their minds, struck down by fate, they cried out, “O father! O son!” In the chaos of flight and slaughter they could not recognize one another, and, bereft of clear judgment, they called helplessly for their own kin—an image of war’s moral collapse where human bonds are reduced to desperate cries amid indiscriminate violence.
Word by Word
क्रोशन्तःcrying, shouting
क्रोशन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्रुश्
Formशतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), 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
दैवby fate, by divine dispensation
दैव:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदैव
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
उपहतstruck, afflicted
उपहत:
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-हन्
Formक्त (भूतकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
चेतसःminds, consciousnesses
चेतसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचेतस्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaF
fathers (tāta)S
sons (putra)F
fleeing soldiers (implied)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes