Shloka 6

Devanagari script

क्षुत्पिपासापरिम्लानास्ते योधास्तव भारत । आदित्येनेव संतप्ता भृशं॑ विमनसो5भवन्‌,भारत! आपके सभी सैनिक भूख-प्याससे व्याकुल एवं मलिन हो रहे थे, मानो सूर्यने उन्हें अपनी प्रचण्ड किरणोंसे झुलस दिया हो। वे अत्यन्त उदास हो गये थे

Transliteration

kṣutpipāsāparimlānāste yodhāstava bhārata | ādityeneva santaptā bhṛśaṁ vimanaso 'bhavan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, your warriors, worn down by hunger and thirst, became dull and dispirited. Scorched, as it were, by the blazing sun, they fell into deep dejection.”

Word by Word

क्षुत्पिपासा-परिम्लानाःworn out by hunger and thirst

तेthose

योधाःwarriors/soldiers

तवyour

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

आदित्येनby the sun

इवas if/like

संतप्ताःscorched/tormented

भृशम्exceedingly

विमनसःdejected/sad

अभवन्became/were

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address “Bhārata”)

Kaurava army/warriors

Āditya (the Sun)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes