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Shloka 5

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

द्रवद्धिरथ भग्नैश्व परिवर्तद्धिरेव च । पाण्डवै: कौरवेयैश्व न प्राज्ञायत किंचन,तदनन्तर क्षत-विक्षत होकर भागते और पुनः लौटकर सामना करते हुए पाण्डवों तथा कौरवोंके सैनिकोंको कुछ भी सूझ नहीं पड़ता था

dravaddhi ratha-bhagnaiś ca parivartaddhir eva ca | pāṇḍavaiḥ kauraveyaiś ca na prājñāyata kiñcana ||

રથો ધસી રહ્યા હતા; કેટલાંક તૂટી ગયા હતા અને કેટલાંક ફરી વળી પાછા ફરતા હતા. ઘાયલ-ક્ષતવિક્ષત થઈ ભાગી ને ફરી વળી સામનો કરતા પાંડવ અને કૌરવ યોદ્ધાઓને કંઈ પણ સ્પષ્ટ સમજાતું ન હતું—ચારેય તરફ ગૂંચવણ છવાઈ હતી.

द्रवत्with rushing/moving
द्रवत्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootद्रवत् (√द्रु)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
रथchariots
रथ:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
भग्नbroken
भग्न:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootभग्न (√भञ्ज्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अश्वhorses
अश्व:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
परिवर्तत्with turning about/returning
परिवर्तत्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिवर्तत् (√वृत्/√वर्त्)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
धीwith minds/understandings
धी:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधी
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पाण्डवैःby/with the Pandavas
पाण्डवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
कौरवैःby/with the Kauravas
कौरवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्राज्ञायतwas understood/was discerned
प्राज्ञायत:
TypeVerb
Root√ज्ञा (प्र +)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)
किंचनanything (at all)
किंचन:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिंचन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
P
Pāṇḍavas
K
Kauravas
C
chariots (ratha)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the moral and practical cost of war: once violence escalates, clarity and discernment collapse for both sides, and the battlefield becomes a realm of confusion where even right judgment is obscured.

Sañjaya reports that the fighting has become intensely disordered—chariots rush, break, and turn back; wounded troops flee and then re-engage—so that neither the Pāṇḍava nor Kaurava forces can clearly perceive what is happening.