Shloka 65

अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः

Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces

Devanagari script

ततः कुञज्जरयूथानि समेतानि सहस्रश:

Transliteration

tataḥ kuñjarayūthāni sametāni sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Maka berkumpullah kawanan-kawanan gajah, beribu-ribu jumlahnya.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter; from that point
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययः)

• कुञ्जरयूथानि: herds/troops of elephants
• कुञ्जरयूथानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर-यूथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• समेतानि: assembled; gathered together
• समेतानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त: समेत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शस्-प्रत्ययः)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephant-herds (kuñjarayūthāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how immense material power and organized force can be amassed quickly; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such might is morally ambiguous—its value depends on the dharmic intent and restraint of those who deploy it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a battlefield development: large numbers of war-elephants (in herds) are assembling, indicating an escalation and the mobilization of heavy forces within the ongoing combat of the Karṇa Parva.