Shloka 102

Devanagari script

विप्रणष्टाश्ष॒ तेडन्योन्यं नाजानन्त तथा विभो

Transliteration

vipraṇaṣṭāś ca te ’nyonyaṁ na jānanti tathā vibho

Translation

हे महाबाहो, ते पूर्ण गोंधळात पडून एकमेकांना ओळखू शकत नव्हते.

Word by Word

• विप्रणष्टाः: lost, bewildered, confounded
• विप्रणष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रणष्ट (वि + प्र + √नश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्योन्यम्: one another
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अजानन्: knew / recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विभो: O mighty one / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vibhu (addressed listener, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

War’s moral collapse culminates in mental and social disintegration: when violence and fear dominate, even basic human recognition and solidarity break down.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that amid the turmoil of the night-time slaughter, the fighters are so bewildered that they cannot identify even their own side and fail to recognize one another.