Shloka 37

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

अनीकं समवेतानां धूम्रवर्णमुदीर्यते

Transliteration

anīkaṃ samavetānāṃ dhūmravarṇam udīryate

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「集い密集した戦士たちの陣から、煙の色をした雲が立ちのぼった——それは凶兆であり、戦の怒りが凝り固まりつつあること、そして戦争が必ず呼び起こす法（ダルマ）の闇を示していた。」

Word by Word

• अनीकम्: army/host, troop-formation
• अनीकम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समवेतानाम्: of the assembled (ones)
• समवेतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समवेत (सम् + अवि + इ/ए; past passive participle of √इ 'to go', in the sense 'assembled')
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• धूम्रवर्णम्: smoke-colored, greyish
• धूम्रवर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूम्रवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उदीर्यते: arises/is produced
• उदीर्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √ईर् (ईर्/ईरय्) / √ईर् (to rise, be produced, be uttered)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (Passive sense), Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• anīka (army/battle formation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when warriors assemble with resolve, war generates a figurative and literal ‘smoke’—confusion, fear, and moral obscuration—reminding the listener that violence clouds discernment and burdens dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a visible phenomenon arising from the gathered battle formations: a smoke-grey mass (dust/smoke-like haze) rising from the assembled troops, heightening the sense of impending combat and foreboding.