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Shloka 3036

न दिशो टद्यौर्न चोर्वी च न सम॑ विषमं तथा । उस अन्धकारमें न तो कौरव पहचाने जाते थे और न पांचाल तथा पाण्डव ही। दिशा, आकाश, भूमण्डल और सम-विषम स्थान आदिका भी पता नहीं चलता था

na diśo tad dyauḥ na ca urvī ca na samaṃ viṣamaṃ tathā |

Sañjaya dit : Dans cette obscurité qui engloutissait tout, on ne discernait ni les directions, ni le ciel, ni même la vaste terre ; nul ne pouvait dire non plus ce qui était plat ou accidenté. Dans cet aveuglement du champ de bataille, on ne reconnaissait ni les Kaurava, ni les Pāñcāla, ni les Pāṇḍava—preuve que le tumulte de la guerre efface les repères ordinaires de l’identité et de l’orientation.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दिशःdirections
दिशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तत्that (was not perceived)
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
द्यौःsky/heaven
द्यौः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
nor
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उर्वीearth/ground
उर्वी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
समम्even/level
समम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
विषमम्uneven/irregular
विषमम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविषम
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
Kauravas
P
Pāñcālas
P
Pāṇḍavas
D
directions (diśaḥ)
S
sky (dyauḥ)
E
earth (urvī)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how extreme violence and calamity cloud discernment: when perception fails, even basic orientation and recognition collapse, warning that war breeds moral and practical confusion.

Sañjaya describes a moment on the battlefield when darkness becomes so dense that directions, sky, and ground cannot be distinguished, and combatants—Kauravas, Pāñcālas, and Pāṇḍavas—cannot be identified.