Shloka 27
उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations
Devanagari script
भौमं॑ रजो<थ राजेन्द्र शोणितेन प्रणाशितम्
Transliteration
bhaumaṃ rajo ’tha rājendra śoṇitena praṇāśitam
Translation
サンジャヤは言った。「そのとき、王の中の王よ、大地から舞い上がった塵は血によって消し去られた。血潮が地を覆うほど濃く広がり、戦塵の霞さえも消え失せたのだ。」
Word by Word
भौमम्earthy; of the earth (dust)
भौमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootभौम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रजःdust
रजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अथthen; and now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शोणितेनwith blood
शोणितेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
प्रणाशितम्destroyed; obliterated
प्रणाशितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नश्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra)B
battlefield dust (rajaḥ)B
blood (śoṇita)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the dehumanizing extremity of war: when blood becomes so abundant that it suppresses even the dust of the earth, it signals a collapse of ordinary moral and natural order, prompting reflection on the ethical cost of conflict even within kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has become so intense and bloody that the usual battlefield dust-cloud is no longer visible—overwhelmed and ‘erased’ by blood soaking and spreading across the ground.