Shloka 67

Devanagari script

उत्क्रोशन्नर्जुनश्वैव सानुक्रोशस्तमाव्रजत्‌ । क्रोशमाने<र्जुने चैव पार्थिवेषु च सर्वश:

Transliteration

utkrośann arjunaś caiva sānukrośas tam āvrajat | krośamāne 'rjune caiva pārthiveṣu ca sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅರ್ಜುನನೂ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಕೂಗುತ್ತ, ಕರುಣೆಯಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿ, ಅವನ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮುನ್ನಡೆದನು. ಅರ್ಜುನನು ಅಳಲುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ರಾಜರ ನಡುವೆ ಆర్తನಾದ ಎದ್ದಿತು.

Word by Word

उत्क्रोशन्crying out

अर्जुनःArjuna

चand

एवindeed/just

सानुक्रोशःcompassionate, full of pity

तम्him

आव्रजत्approached/went toward

क्रोशमानेwhile (he was) crying out

अर्जुनेin/when Arjuna

चand

एवindeed/just

पार्थिवेषुamong the kings

चand

सर्वशःon all sides/everywhere

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

pārthivāḥ (kings/rulers)

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

What is the core teaching?

Even amid righteous warfare, the epic foregrounds compassion and the moral weight of violence: Arjuna’s pity and the widespread lament show that victory and duty do not erase human suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna, crying out in anguish, approaches a particular person (‘him’), and his lament triggers or coincides with a general outcry among the assembled kings across the battlefield.