Shloka 56
Devanagari script
वयमेव तदाद्राक्ष्म पड्च मानुषयोनय:
Transliteration
vayameva tadādrākṣma pañca mānuṣayonayaḥ
Translation
Sañjaya dit : «Alors, nous vîmes nous-mêmes cinq êtres nés sous forme humaine.»
Word by Word
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तत्that (thing/event)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
आद्राक्ष्मwe saw
आद्राक्ष्म:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formलुङ् (अोरिस्ट्), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्च
Form—, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्
मानुषयोनयःhuman wombs/births (human origins)
मानुषयोनयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमानुषयोनि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the authority of direct perception (pratyakṣa) in epic narration: Sañjaya stresses that what follows is grounded in eyewitness experience, lending ethical and narrative weight to the account amid the confusion of war.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that he and others “then saw” five figures described as having human birth/form, introducing or confirming a striking sight within the battlefield sequence.