Shloka 68

Devanagari script

क्षयं नीता हि पृतना संयुगे महती मम । “आपने युद्धस्थलमें बाणोंकी वर्षा करके भारी संहार मचा रखा है। रणक्षेत्रमें मेरी विशाल सेना आपके द्वारा नष्ट हो चुकी है ।। ६७ है ।। यथा युधि जयेम त्वां यथा राज्यं भूशं॑ मम

Transliteration

kṣayaṃ nītā hi pṛtanā saṃyuge mahatī mama | yathā yudhi jayema tvāṃ yathā rājyaṃ bhūśaṃ mama ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນສົງຄາມໃຫຍ່ນີ້ ກອງທັບອັນມະຫາສານຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຖືກນຳໄປສູ່ຄວາມພິນາດແທ້ໆ. ໃນສົງຄາມ ພວກເຮົາຈະເອົາຊະນະທ່ານໄດ້ແນວໃດ ແລະພຣະອົງເຈົ້ານາຍຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະໄດ້ຄືນອານາຈັກ ແລະອຳນາດອະທິປະໄຕແນວໃດ?»

Word by Word

क्षयम्destruction, ruin

नीताhas been led/brought

हिindeed, for

पृतनाarmy

संयुगेin battle

महतीgreat, huge

ममof me, my

यथाso that, in such a way that

युधिin battle

जयेमmay we conquer

त्वाम्you

यथाso that

राज्यम्kingdom

भूशम्fully, abundantly, well

ममof me, my

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

the (Kaurava) army

battlefield (saṃyuga/yuddha)

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?

The verse foregrounds the ethical tension between the pursuit of victory/kingdom and the stark cost of war: sovereignty sought through violence results in massive destruction, prompting reflection on whether political ends justify catastrophic means.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports the dire state of the conflict: the Kaurava host has been devastated in the fighting, and the speaker frames an urgent question—by what means can they defeat the opposing force and restore their side’s claim to rule.