Shloka 1

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें छठे दिनके युद्धर्में सेनाके शिविरके लिये लौटनेसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ७९ ॥। [दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ६६ “लोक हैं।] ऑपन-माज छा अऑफि-आकऋाल-ण अशीतितमोब<्ध्याय: भीषद्धारा दुर्योधनको आश्वासन तथा सातवें दिनके युद्धके लिये कौरव-सेनाका प्रस्थान संजय उवाच अथ शूरा महाराज परस्परकृतागस: । जग्मु: स्वशिबिराण्येव रुधिरेण समुक्षिता:,संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! आपसमें एक-दूसरेको चोट पहुँचानेवाले वे सभी शूरवीर खूनसे लथपथ हो अपने शिविरोंको ही चले गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | atha śūrā mahārāja parasparakṛtāgasaḥ | jagmuḥ svaśibirāṇy eva rudhireṇa samukṣitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Kemudian, wahai Raja, para pahlawan itu—yang saling melukai antara satu sama lain—kembali ke khemah masing-masing, tubuh mereka bermandi darah.”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शूराः: heroes, warriors
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परस्परकृतागसः: having committed mutual injury/offence to one another
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्परकृतागस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्वशिबिराणि: their own camps
• स्वशिबिराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वशिबिर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• समुक्षिताः: smeared/besprinkled (with), drenched
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उक्ष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)
• śūrāḥ (the warriors)
• śibira (military camp)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when framed as kṣatriya-duty, war is shown as mutual injury with immediate human cost; the verse underscores the ethical weight of violence by highlighting blood-soaked bodies returning to camp rather than celebrating victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that after the day’s fighting, the warriors—having wounded one another—withdraw from the battlefield and go back to their respective camps, drenched in blood.