Shloka 75

Devanagari script

एवं सुकलिलं युद्धमासीत्‌ क्रव्यादहर्षणम्‌ । महद्विस्तैरभीतानां यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ sukalilaṁ yuddham āsīt kravyādaharṣaṇam | mahadvistair abhītānāṁ yamarāṣṭravivardhanam ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「かくして戦は、屍肉をあさる者どもを喜ばせる、恐るべき泥濘と化した。広大にして果てなく、無畏の者すら死へと押し流し、ヤマの国をいよいよ満たしていった。」

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

सुकलिलम्very muddy/confused (hard to disentangle)

युद्धम्battle, war

आसीत्was

क्रव्यादहर्षणम्delighting flesh-eaters (carrion-eaters)

महत्great

विस्तरby extent/spread; in vastness

अभीतानाम्of the fearless (warriors)

यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनम्increasing Yama's realm (the kingdom of death)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yama

kravyāda (carrion-eaters)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames war as a moral and existential mire: when violence becomes pervasive, it nourishes only death and those who feed on destruction, and even the brave are swept into Yama’s domain. It cautions that unchecked conflict expands suffering rather than honor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya summarizes the battlefield’s condition: the fighting has turned into a vast, dreadful, blood-soaked chaos that attracts carrion-eaters and results in massive casualties—so many that it is said to ‘increase’ the kingdom of Yama.