Shloka 973

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

नाजानन्‌ पितर:ः पुत्रान्‌ भ्रातृन्‌ भ्रातर एव च । वह घोर अन्धकार फैल जानेपर वहाँ सब लोगोंपर मोह छा गया। उस समय पिता पुत्रोंकी और भाई भाइयोंको नहीं पहचान पाते थे

Transliteration

nājānan pitaraḥ putrān bhrātṝn bhrātara eva ca |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In that dreadful darkness, delusion spread over everyone. Fathers could not recognize their sons, and brothers could not recognize even their own brothers—so completely were minds overwhelmed amid the terror and confusion of the night.

Word by Word

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

• अजानन्: they did not recognize/know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

• पितरः: fathers
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• fathers
• sons
• brothers