Shloka 3

Devanagari script

विचेतसो हतोत्साहा: कश्मलाभिहतौजस: । आर्तस्वरेण महता पुत्र ते पर्यवारयन्‌,उनकी चेतना लुप्त-सी हो गयी थी। मोहवश उनका तेज और बल नष्ट हो चला था। वे हतोत्साह होकर अत्यन्त आर्तस्वरसे विलाप करते हुए आपके पुत्रको घेरकर खड़े हो गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

vicetasō hatōtsāhāḥ kaśmalābhihatāujasaḥ |

ārtasvareṇa mahatā putra te paryavārayan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Bereft of clear awareness and drained of resolve, their strength and vigor shattered by bewilderment, they raised a loud, anguished cry and closed ranks around your son. The scene shows how delusion in war can collapse courage and judgment, driving men to desperate, protective clustering rather than principled action.

Word by Word

विचेतसःbewildered, unconscious-minded

हत-उत्साहाःwith their zeal destroyed; dispirited

कश्मल-अभिहत-ओजसःwhose strength was struck down by delusion

आर्त-स्वरेणwith a distressed cry/voice

महतāgreat, loud

पुत्रO son

तेof you; your

पर्यवारयन्they surrounded, enclosed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

your son (Duryodhana / the Kaurava prince)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes