Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अद्य सर्वा दिशो राजन्‌ धाराभिरिव संकुला: । आवृता: पत्रिभिस्ती&णै््रष्टारो मामकैरिह

Transliteration

adya sarvā diśo rājan dhārābhir iva saṅkulāḥ | āvṛtāḥ patribhis tīkṣṇaiḥ draṣṭāro māmakair iha ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、今日、四方はまるで豪雨の奔流で満ちるかのように、込み合い乱れて見えます。ここでは、我らの側の見物人でさえ鋭い矢に覆われております。」

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: indeclinable (temporal adverb)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• दिशः: directions/quarters
• दिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• धाराभिः: with streams/showers
• धाराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: indeclinable (comparative particle)

• संकुलाः: crowded/filled
• संकुलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकुल
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• आवृताः: covered/enveloped
• आवृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-वृ (वृञ् वरणे)
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural; past passive participle

• पत्रिभिः: by arrows (feathered ones)
• पत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• रष्टारः: protectors/defenders
• रष्टारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रष्टृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• मामकैः: by my (men)/belonging to me
• मामकैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• arrows

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral and practical cost of war: violence spreads beyond intended targets, creating chaos so pervasive that even one’s own side—down to mere spectators—becomes endangered and overwhelmed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the battlefield has become so saturated with volleys of arrows that all directions appear choked like rain-filled skies, and even the Kaurava-side onlookers are being struck or obscured by the sharp shafts.