Shloka 34

कर्ण-पाण्डव-संमर्दः — Karṇa and Arjuna’s Intensified Engagement

Devanagari script

समाजमिव तच्चित्र॑ प्रेक्षमाणा महारथा: । नालक्षयन्‌ जयं व्यक्तमेकस्यैव महारणे,उस विचित्र-से समाजको देखते हुए महारथियोंने उस महासमरमें निश्चय ही उन दोनोंमेंसे किसी एक ही व्यक्तिकी विजय होती नहीं देखी

Transliteration

samājam iva tac citraṁ prekṣamāṇā mahārathāḥ | nālakṣayan jayaṁ vyaktam ekasyaiva mahāraṇe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Watching that astonishing scene, like a wondrous assembly, the great chariot-warriors could not clearly discern a definite victory for either one alone in that vast battle. The moment underscores how, amid the moral and physical chaos of war, even seasoned heroes can lose certainty about outcomes and justice, seeing only the terrible balance of force and fate.

Word by Word

समाजम्assembly, gathering

इवlike, as if

तत्that

चित्रम्wonderful, strange, variegated

प्रेक्षमाणाःwatching, observing

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

नnot

अलक्षयन्they perceived, they noticed

जयम्victory

व्यक्तम्clear, manifest

एकस्यof one

एवindeed, only

महारणेin the great battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes