Mahabharata 7.150.58 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 150, Shloka 58

धृतराष्ट्र–संजय संवादः: कर्ण–घटोत्कचयोर्निशायुद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Description of the Night Engagement of Karṇa and Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच एवं संदर्शयन्‌ कृष्णो रणभूमिं किरीटिने । स्वै: समेत: समुदितै: पाउ्चजन्यं व्यनादयत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca evaṃ saṃdarśayan kṛṣṇo raṇabhūmiṃ kirīṭine | svaiḥ sametaḥ samuditaiḥ pāñcajanyaṃ vyanādayat ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າແຕ່ພຣະຣາຊາ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ພຣະກຣິດສະນາສະແດງພາບສະໜາມຮົບໃຫ້ອາຣຊຸນ—ຜູ້ສວມມົງກຸດ—ເຫັນຢູ່ນັ້ນ, ພຣະອົງຖືກຫ້ອມລ້ອມດ້ວຍພວກພ້ອມພັນຂອງພຣະອົງ ແລະໄດ້ເປົ່າສັງຂ໌ “ປານຈະຈັນຍະ” ໃຫ້ກ້ອງກັງວານ»។

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• संदर्शयन्: showing, causing to see
• संदर्शयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+दृश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणभूमिम्: the battlefield
• रणभूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणभूमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• किरीटिने: to the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• किरीटिने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• स्वैः: with his own (people)
• स्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समेतः: accompanied, together with
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+इ (समेत)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समुदितैः: assembled, gathered
• समुदितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुदित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• पाञ्चजन्यम्: Pāñcajanya (conch)
• पाञ्चजन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यनादयत्: sounded, caused to resound
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+नद् (णिच्)
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• raṇabhūmi (battlefield)
• Pāñcajanya (conch)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical leadership in war: Kṛṣṇa does not merely command Arjuna but first makes him clearly see the battlefield reality, then gives a decisive signal (the conch) that steadies resolve and marks commitment to a dharmic course of action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Kṛṣṇa, after showing Arjuna the battlefield situation, sounds his conch Pāñcajanya while accompanied by his assembled supporters—an audible proclamation that the moment for action has arrived.