Shloka 15

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — दुर्योधनस्य ह्रदप्रवेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Duryodhana’s Entry into the Lake

Devanagari script

कबन्धैरुत्थितैश्किन्नै्न॑त्यद्धिश्चापरैर्युधि । क्रव्यादगणसंछन्ना घोरा भूत्‌ पृथिवी विभो

Transliteration

kabandhair utthitaiś chinnaiḥ atyaddhiś cāparair yudhi | kravyādagaṇasaṃchannā ghorā bhūt pṛthivī vibho ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “On the battlefield, the earth became dreadful—covered over by swarms of flesh-eating creatures—because of the severed and headless trunks that had risen up, and by other mangled bodies as well, O mighty one. The scene proclaimed the moral horror of war: when dharma collapses into slaughter, even the ground itself seems to bear the weight of adharma.”

Word by Word

कबन्धैःwith headless trunks

उत्थितैःrisen, standing up

छिन्नैःsevered, cut

अत्यद्धिःexcessively wet/muddy (ground)

चand

अपरैःwith others (also)

युधिin battle

क्रव्याद-गण-संछन्नाcovered by a multitude of flesh-eaters

घोराterrible

अभूत्became

पृथिवीthe earth

विभोO mighty one

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the earth (pṛthivī)

kravyādas (flesh-eating creatures)

kabandhas (headless trunks)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes