Shloka 68

अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्

Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

सृष्टे तमसि कृष्णेन गतो5स्तमिति भास्कर:

Transliteration

sṛṣṭe tamasi kṛṣṇena gato 'stam iti bhāskaraḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: When darkness had been brought forth by Kṛṣṇa, the Sun was thought to have set. In the turmoil of war, this divinely induced gloom confused perception and time itself, showing how extraordinary power can overturn ordinary moral and practical certainties on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• सृष्टे: when (it was) created/spread
• सृष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्ट (√सृज्)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तमसि: in darkness
• तमसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृष्णेन: by Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गतः: gone / set
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तम्: to setting (west); into disappearance
• अस्तम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्तम्

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• भास्करः: the sun
• भास्करः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Bhāskara (the Sun)