Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ततस्त्रासो महानासीत्‌ कुरुपाण्डवसेनयो: । सर्वेषां चैव भूतानामुद्यते<स्त्रे महात्मना,महामना द्रोणके द्वारा ब्रह्मास्त्रके उठाये जाते ही कौरवों और पाण्डवोंकी सेनाओंपर तथा समस्त प्राणियोंमें बड़ा भारी आतंक छा गया

Transliteration

tatas trāso mahān āsīt kuru-pāṇḍava-senayoḥ | sarveṣāṃ caiva bhūtānām udyate ’stre mahātmanā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then a great terror arose in the armies of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas; indeed, among all living beings as well, when that mighty-souled warrior raised his weapon. The scene underscores how the unleashing of supreme missiles in war does not confine its consequences to combatants alone, but spreads fear and harm across the whole world of creatures, raising grave ethical stakes for the one who employs such power.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

त्रासःterror, panic

महान्great

आसीत्was, arose

कुरु-पाण्डव-सेनयोःof the Kuru and Pandava armies

सर्वेषाम्of all

चand

एवindeed, just

भूतानाम्of beings, creatures

उद्यतेwhen (it) was being raised/brandished

अस्त्रेin/at the weapon (being raised)

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kuru army

Pāṇḍava army

all beings (bhūtāni)

astra (weapon/missile)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes