Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ते रात्रौ कृतकर्माण: श्रान्ता: सूर्यस्य तेजसा । क्षुत्पिपासापरीताज विसंज्ञा बहवो5भवन्‌,वे सभी रातमें युद्ध करके थक गये थे। फिर सबरेरे सूर्यकी धूप लगनेसे उनके अंग- अंगमें भूख-प्यास व्याप्त हो गयी, जिससे बहुतेरे सैनिक अपनी सुध-बुध खो बैठे

Transliteration

te rātrau kṛtakarmāṇaḥ śrāntāḥ sūryasya tejasā | kṣutpipāsāparītāś ca visaṃjñā bahavo 'bhavan |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Après avoir combattu toute la nuit et accompli leur lugubre besogne, les guerriers étaient épuisés. Puis, brûlés par l’ardeur farouche du soleil, la faim et la soif saisirent leurs corps, et nombre de soldats perdirent connaissance.

Word by Word

तेthey/those (men)

रात्रौat night

कृतकर्माणःhaving done their work/deeds (having fought)

श्रान्ताःexhausted

सूर्यस्यof the sun

तेजसाby (its) heat/brilliance

क्षुत्hunger

पिपासाthirst

परीताःovercome/afflicted (by)

विसंज्ञाःunconscious/senseless

बहवःmany

अभवन्became/were

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the sun (Sūrya)

soldiers/warriors

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical reality that war inflicts bodily and mental collapse: beyond heroism and strategy, hunger, thirst, heat, and exhaustion can strip people of agency and awareness, revealing the profound human cost of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that after fighting all night, the troops are worn out; with the sun’s heat, hunger and thirst spread through them, and many soldiers faint or become senseless.