Shloka 95
Devanagari script
अद्य हाहाकृता दीना विषण्णास्त्वच्छसर्दिता:
Transliteration
adya hāhākṛtā dīnā viṣaṇṇās tvacchasarditāḥ
Translation
Sañjaya dit : «Aujourd’hui, ils ne sont plus que des cris de “Hélas !”, misérables et accablés—jetés dans la panique et dispersés par ton assaut.»
Word by Word
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
हाहाकृताmade to cry ‘hā hā’; lamenting
हाहाकृता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहाहाकृत
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
दीनाwretched, miserable
दीना:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदीन
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
विषण्णाःdejected, despondent
विषण्णाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविषण्ण
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
त्वत्from you
त्वत्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (त्वद्)
Form—, Ablative, Singular
सर्दिताःdriven away/harassed (lit. ‘made to flee’)
सर्दिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्दित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied as listener)T
the opposing warriors/army (implied)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
The verse highlights the immediate human cost of war: fear, lamentation, and collapse of morale. It implicitly warns that martial success is measured not only by tactical gain but also by the suffering it produces, sharpening the ethical tension within kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the enemy side has been thrown into distress—wailing, despondent, and driven about—due to the force of ‘your’ side’s attack (addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra as the king of the Kauravas).