Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तथा संयुध्यमानानां विगाढासीन्महानिशा । पाण्डवानां च राजेन्द्र कौरवाणां च सर्वश:,राजेन्द्र! इस प्रकार युद्धमें लगे हुए पाण्डवों और कौरवोंकी वह महारात्रि सर्वथा प्रगाढ़ हो चली

Transliteration

tathā saṃyudhyamānānāṃ vigāḍhāsīn mahāniśā | pāṇḍavānāṃ ca rājendra kauravāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。戦いが続くうちに、大王よ、その大いなる夜はいよいよ濃く深まり、パーンダヴァとカウラヴァの両軍を四方から余すところなく包み込んだ。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• संयुध्यमानानाम्: of those fighting
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं + युध्
• Form: present, ātmanepada, masculine, genitive, plural

• विगाढा: deep, intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगाढ
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect, 3, singular, parasmaipada

• महा: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• निशा: night
• निशा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कौरवाणाम्: of the Kauravas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वशः: entirely, in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājendra)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kauravas
• mahāniśā (the great night)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how conflict can continue even as conditions worsen—here symbolized by a night growing dense—hinting that in war, moral and practical clarity may be increasingly obscured, yet the momentum of violence persists.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to the king that while the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas are engaged in battle, a great night sets in and becomes thoroughly dark all around them.