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Shloka 26

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय १) — भीष्मनिधनानन्तरं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः, सेनायाः स्थितिः, कर्णस्मरणं च

Droṇa Parva, Chapter 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief after Bhīṣma’s fall and the army’s reorientation toward Karṇa

विपन्नसस्थेव मही वाक्‌ चैवासंस्कृता तथा । आसुरीव यथा सेना निगृहीते नृूपे बलौ,भरतशिरोमणि भीष्मके धराशायी हो जानेपर कौरव-सेना नक्षत्ररहित आकाश, वायुशून्य अन्तरिक्ष, नष्ट हुई खेतीवाली भूमि, असंस्कृत वाणी तथा राजा बलिके बाँध लिये जानेपर नायकविहीन हुई असुरोंकी सेनाके समान उद्विग्न, असमर्थ और श्रीहीन हो गयी

sañjaya uvāca | vipannasasyā iva mahī vāk caivāsaṃskṛtā tathā | āsurīva yathā senā nigṛhīte nṛpe balau ||

サンジャヤは言った。バーラタ族の頂の宝珠、ガンガーの子ビーシュマが地に倒れるや、クル族(カウラヴァ)の軍勢は騒然として力を失い、輝きを奪われた。作物を失った大地のように、磨かれぬ言葉のように、そして王バリが屈せられた時の阿修羅の軍のように——統率を失い、動揺したのである。

विपन्नसस्येवlike (a land) with ruined crops
विपन्नसस्येव:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविपन्नसस्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
महीthe earth/land
मही:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमही
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वाक्speech
वाक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
असंस्कृताuncultivated/uncorrected
असंस्कृता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअसंस्कृत
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
आसुरीवlike (an) asuric/demonic (one)
आसुरीव:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआसुरी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
सेनाarmy
सेना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसेना
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
निगृहीतेwhen (someone) is seized/captured
निगृहीते:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootनि-ग्रह्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नृपेin/when the king
नृपे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
बलौin/when (king) Bali
बलौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhīṣma
K
Kaurava army
B
Bharatas
A
Asuras
K
King Bali

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how the fall of a righteous, stabilizing leader causes immediate moral and strategic collapse: splendor (śrī), confidence, and coherence vanish, just as fertility, refined speech, or an army’s order fail when their sustaining principle is lost.

After Bhīṣma has fallen in battle, Sañjaya reports that the Kaurava forces become shaken and ineffective. He conveys their disarray through a chain of similes—ruined farmland, unrefined speech, and the Asuras’ army when King Bali is subdued.