Shloka 67

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

अभवत्‌ तुमुलः शब्दो योधानां तत्र भारत

Transliteration

abhavat tumulaḥ śabdo yodhānāṁ tatra bhārata

Translation

Sañjaya dit : « Ô Bhārata, il s’éleva là, parmi les guerriers, un fracas immense et tumultueux. »

Word by Word

• अभवत्: was/occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, loud
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योधानाम्: of the warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• warriors (yodhāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral and psychological weight of war: collective violence generates an overpowering clamor that signals heightened aggression and confusion, reminding the listener that battle is not merely strategy but a human storm with grave ethical consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at that moment on the battlefield, the fighters’ combined cries and noises swelled into a great tumult—an atmospheric marker of intense engagement and escalating combat.